Poetics of Title in Ivan Bunin’s Short Story “The Emerald”
https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2024-13-5-290-303
Abstract
This article explores the poetics of the title in Ivan Bunin’s short story “The Emerald” from the collection “Dark Avenues,” which represents a small scene or prose miniature with a weakened plot. The novelty of the research lies in the analysis of the title of this work and its connection not only to the story “The Emerald” but also to Bunin’s overall body of work. The role of the expositional landscape and conflict development is revealed within the thematic context of the narrative. Key moments of the collision dynamics in the story, based on dialogue and contrast principles, are identified. Parallels between the stories “The Emerald” and "Pure Monday" are drawn, noting similarities in character portrayal: the heroines strive for the divine, are sensitive to celestial beauty, which is not understood by their lovers as bearers of a more rational and earthly mindset. The peculiarities of the poetics of the title, its connections to biblical texts, and comparisons with the writer’s poetic and prose works are explored. The author concludes that the image of an emerald (or an emerald) in Bunin’s works correlates with the divine and sublime world, symbolizing the spiritual aspirations of the heroine in the story “The Emerald” and present in other works by Bunin, embodying a longing for spiritual existence.
About the Author
E. V. Ushakova
Moscow University for Industry and Finance “Synergy”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena V. Ushakova - PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Department of Russian and Foreign Literature.
Moscow
References
1. Bunin, I. A. (1993). Collected works: in 8 volumes, 1. Moscow: Moskovsky Rabochy. 539 p. (In Russ.).
2. Bunin, I. A. (2024). Dark alleys: stories. Moscow: Eksmo. 288 p. ISBN 978-5-04-193579-5. (In Russ.).
3. Bunin, I. A. (2012). Poems. The story. Stories. Moscow: Prosveshchenie. 432 p. ISBN 978-5-358-03615-4. (In Russ.).
4. Bunin, I. A. (1986). Sosny. In: Poetry and prose. Moscow: Prosveshchenie. 384 p. (In Russ.).
5. Abramyants, A. (2002). The Star runes of Ivan Bunin. Russian speech, 2: 29—33. (In Russ.).
6. Anisimov, K. V. (2020). Ivan Bunin’s Cruel romance: “Beauty”. Siberian Philological Journal, 1: 159—169. DOI: 10.17223/18137083/70/12. (In Russ.).
7. Baitsak, M. S. (2009). The poetics of description in I. A. Bunin’s prose: painting through the word. PhD Diss. Omsk. 175 p. (In Russ.).
8. Baryshnikova, I. Y. (2012). The role of Christian symbolism in the poetic description of the Creator sitting on the throne. Theory and practice of social development, 3: 392—397. (In Russ.).
9. Bazhenova, Ya. V. (2021). Poetics of the name in the works of I. A. Bunin. PhD Diss. Tomsk. 289 p. (In Russ.).
10. Berdnikova, O. A. (2020). On the question of the poetics of titles in the poetic heritage of I. A. Bunin. Proceedings of the Ural Federal University. Series 2: Humanities, 22 / 4 (202): 238—255. DOI: 10.15826/izv2.2020.22.4.074. (In Russ.).
11. Bogdanova, O. V. (2017). The love “conflict” in I. Bunin’s story “Clean Monday”. In: Inter-disciplinary connections in the study of literature: A collection of scientific papers, 7. Saratov: Saratov Source. 23—30. (In Russ.).
12. Bogdanova, O. V. (2020). The expositional role of the story “Tanya” in “Dark Alleys” by I. A. Bunin. Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1: 52—60. DOI: 10.25991/VRHGA.2020.19.1.003. (In Russ.).
13. Borodina, N. A. (2018). Description of the objects of the starry sky in the works of I. A. Bunin. Philologos, 39 (4): 18—23. DOI: 10.24888/2079-2638-2018-39-4-19-23. (In Russ.).
14. Fish, M. Yu. (2009). Sensory codes of the poetics of the cycle of I. A. Bunin’s short stories “Dark alleys”. Author’s abstract of PhD Diss. Voronezh. 22 p. (In Russ.).
15. Galperin, I. R. (1981). Text as an object of linguistic research. Moscow: Nauka. 139 p. (In Russ.).
16. Hashimov, R. I. (2018). Metaphor of gems I. A. Bunin. In: I. A. Bunin: from century XX to century XXI: materials of the jubilee All-Russian (with international participation) scientific conference, Yelets, September 20—21, 2018. Yelets: I. A. Bunin Yelets State University. 267—275. ISBN 978-5-94809-987-3. (In Russ.).
17. Kruglova, A. A. (2008). “Dark Alleys” by I. Bunin: Poetics of the title. Bulletin of the N. A. Nekrasov KSU, 1: 116—118. (In Russ.).
18. Kurnosova, I. M. (2021). On the semantics and poetics of the names of “short stories” by I. Bunin. Philologos, 4 (51): 26—31. DOI: 10.24888/2079-2638-2021-51-4-26-31. (In Russ.).
19. Marchenko, T. V. (2015). The poetics of perfection. About the prose of I. A. Bunin. Moscow: Alexander Solzhenitsyn House of Russian Abroad. 208 p. ISBN 978-5-98854-053-3. (In Russ.).
20. Panchenko, T. F. (2016). I. A. Bunin’s book “Dark Alleys” as a meta-genre unity. News of the Oriental Institute, 4 (32): 10—21. (In Russ.).
21. Ponomarev, E. R. (2019). Overcoming modernism: The work of I. A. Bunin of the emigrant period. Moscow: Litfakt. 340 p. ISBN 978-5-6043382-5-4. (In Russ.).
22. Ponomarev, E. R. (2018). The intertext of “Dark Alleys”: The dissolution of the novel in the late work of I. A. Bunin. New Literary Review, 2: 186—203. (In Russ.).
23. Pyatkin, S. N., Kudryashova, D. B. (2016). Church Calendar in I. А. Bunin’s “Dark Alleys”. Nauchnyi dialog, 5 (53): 86—96. (In Russ.).
24. Slivitskaya, O. V. (2004). “Heightened sense of life”: the world of Ivan Bunin. Moscow: Russian State University for the Humanities. 270 p. ISBN 5-7281-0699-4. (In Russ.).
25. Zakharova, V. T. (2013). Prose of Ivan Bunin: aspects of poetics: monograph. Nizhny Novgorod: NGPU. 111 p. (In Russ.).
Review
For citations:
Ushakova E.V. Poetics of Title in Ivan Bunin’s Short Story “The Emerald”. Nauchnyi dialog. 2024;13(5):290-303. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2024-13-5-290-303
Views:
224
Email this article 