Reception of Gogol's "Portrait" in "Walter Eizenberg" by K. Aksakov

Владислав Шаевич Кривонос

doi:10.5817/OS2023-3-6

Reception of Gogol's "Portrait" in "Walter Eizenberg" by K. Aksakov

Vol.33,No.3(2023)

Владислав Шаевич Кривонос

https://doi.org/10.5817/OS2023-3-6

Stable URL (handle):
http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/digilib.79380

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Abstract

The article analyzes the features of the reception of Gogol's story "Portrait" (Edition of "Arabesques") in the fantasy story "Walter Eisenberg" by K. Aksakov. The main attention is paid to the assimilation and rethinking by K. Aksakov of the motive of the reviving portrait used in Gogol's story. The author proves that it is this motive that plays an exceptionally important role in the plot events in both Gogol's and Aksakov's stories, being the key in the narrative structure of "Portrait" and relevant in the semantic organization of "Walter Eisenberg". The specifics of the functioning of the motive of the reviving portrait in Gogol are considered. The reasons for the anomalous shift of the boundaries of the portrait, devoid of aesthetic autonomy, are explained. It is shown how the motive of a reviving portrait is transformed by K. Aksakov and how this transformation is connected with the personality and history of the hero. As a result of the analysis, the originality of the artistic interpretation of the indicated motive in Aksakov's story is revealed.

Keywords:
K. Aksakov; Gogol; story; motive; artist; image; portrait; painting

Pages:
17–27

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