Dynamics of 19th-Century Russian Literary Process in Context of Literary Hero’s Act

T. V. Shvetsova

doi:10.24224/2227-1295-2026-15-3-332-351

Dynamics of 19th-Century Russian Literary Process in Context of Literary Hero’s Act

T. V. Shvetsova

https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2026-15-3-332-351

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Abstract

Against the backdrop of a growing need for a deeper historical understanding of literary evolution, this study aims to develop the category of the literary hero’s act as a criterion for identifying transitional periods within the 19th-century Russian literary process, with a focus on works of artistic prose. The selection of modeling as the primary research method is justified by the model’s capacity to reveal the essential features of the phenomenon under investigation and its function in advancing the literary process, as well as in enriching reader culture and experience by expanding the boundaries of aesthetic perception and interpretive meaning. Modeling is understood as the foundation for analytical, interpretative, and evaluative forms of discursive activity, facilitating the structuring of literary space and the conceptual comprehension of literature. Building upon the observations of M. M. Bakhtin, N. I. Nikolaev, and other scholars, the category of the literary hero’s act is examined as a modeling criterion within the proposed authorial framework for the 19thcentury literary process. It is noted that this model is characterized by cyclical patterns and evolutionary dynamics, comprising four trajectories (heroic archetypes) and seven chronologically successive stages. The author concludes that the dynamics of the 19th-century Russian literary-historical process correlate with variations in the interaction between the worldview and the act of the literary hero.

Keywords

literary hero, history of Russian literature, literary character’s act, dynamics of literary process, history of poetic forms

About the Author

T. V. Shvetsova

Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov
Russian Federation

Tatyana V. Shvetsova - PhD in Philology, Associate Professor of the Department of Literature and the Russian Language

Arkhangelsk

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Shvetsova T.V. Dynamics of 19th-Century Russian Literary Process in Context of Literary Hero’s Act. Nauchnyi dialog. 2026;15(3):332-351. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2026-15-3-332-351

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