TURGENEV ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCES 2018: REVIEW AND REFLECTION
DOI: 10.23951/1609-624X-2020-3-132-153
Introduction. The review provides coverage and understanding of the International scientific conferences and cultural events held in 2018, dedicated to the I.S. Turgenev’s 200th anniversary. The large-scale celebration of the anniversary testifies to the increasing attention of literary critics and the general public to the personality and creative heritage of the great Russian writer, who until now has not been honored in the world literature with the place that he deserves at par with other Russian classical writers – Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Chekhov. Purpose of the study. This review allows you to see the scale of scientific and cultural events in the Turgenev jubilee year, to feel the atmosphere and the “pulse” of these events, to introduce specialists to their organization, participants, the content of the most thorough and memorable speeches, to think about the complex personality of the writer, his constant evolution, his creative searches. Material and methods. The authors use an integrated approach to the analysis of the scientific and cultural events of the Turgenev anniversary year. It is provided by a system of methods: descriptive-analytical, cultural-historical, comparative-typological, biographical, historical-literary, historical-functional, sociological. Results and discussions. The topics and problems of scientific conferences are examined, a brief analysis of the most informative and memorable speeches is given, special attention is paid to the reports of leading Turgenev’s works and literal specialists. Scientific events in the leading scientific centers of Russia (IRLI RAS and IMLI RAS, Moscow State University, St. Petersburg State University, Russian State Humanitarian University), as well as foreign forums in Thessaloniki, Brussels, Rouen, Paris/Bougival, are thoroughly analyzed. The analysis of scientific reports allows us to see the main directions in modern Turgenev works and creativity science. The analysis presents convincingly the historical and cultural context of the work of the Russian writer and his multifaceted personality. Conclusion. The material of the scientific review of the Turgenev anniversary conferences can be used in the scientific and educational activities of scientists (philologists, cultural scientists, historians), graduate students, school teachers. It will expand the understanding of Turgenev’s work, the scale of his personality, his contribution to Russian and world culture.
Keywords: Turgenev, anniversary conferences, liberalism, Westerner, Russian European, man of the world, art space, cross-culture, translator, intertextuality
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Issue: 3, 2020
Series of issue: Issue 3
Rubric: REVIEWS AND OVERVIEWS
Pages: 132 — 153
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