The Reminiscences from Saadi’s Works in the Publicism and Epistolary of Ivan Bunin

The Source Studies Aspect of the Problem

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ID21250368
AuthorsAnton V Bakuntsev (0000-0001-7087-3235, Russian Academy of Sciences, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume8
Issue3
Pages168-193
Publication date2023-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudia Litterarum (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2500-4247 • E-ISSN: 2541-8564
PublisherA. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.22455/2500-4247-2023-8-3-168-193
OpenAlexW4386576515
LanguageEN
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The article examines the problem of reminiscences from the works of the medieval Persian poet Saadi in the non-fiction texts of Ivan Bunin in the source studies aspect, using the principle of historicism and the method of comparative analysis. The objects of consideration were the letters and journalistic texts of the writer relating to 1910–1935, the subject was the images, sayings, maxims of Saadi reflected in them. The purpose of the study is to identify and analyze the sources of reminiscences from Saadi’s works, specifically their translated editions in Russian and the main European languages. The study found that, firstly, Bunin used as sources of Saadi’s texts not only the “classical” translations of books “Bustan” (1257) and “Gulistan” (1258), which appeared by the end of the 19th – beginning of the 20th centuries, but also related to one degree or another scientific, popular science and fiction literature by the poet’s creative work. Secondly, in Bunin’s epistolary and journalism, borrowings from Saadi’s works were subjected to quite significant creative processing

Art · Historicism · Journalism · Linguistics · Literature · Persian · Political science · Computer Science · History · Law · Philosophy · Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation

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