B. K. ZAITSEV AND V. A. ZHUKOVSKII: CLASSICS REACTUALIZATION AS FACTOR OF WRITER-EMIGRANT’S IDENTITY
In the article upon the example of B. K. Zaitsev’s creativity and his novel “Zhukovskii” the typology of Russian emigration’s biographical text is examined. The attraction of diaspora representatives towards self description stipulated for the interest to biography proper and also to its variety – hagiobiography often understood as indissoluble whole. Zaitsev aesthetisizes moral-religious aspect of Zhukovskii’s biography, finding in it a standard for constructing his own life scenario.
Keywords: Zhukovskiy, Zaitsev, biography, life scenario, identity, emigration
Issue: 11, 2011
Series of issue: Issue 11
Rubric: Literature
Pages: 142 — 148
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