Functioning of the Mythological Plot "Orpheus in Hell" in Boris Poplavsky’s Writings of the 1930s

The paper deals with the research of the mythological plot Orpheus in Hell in the late works by B.Yu. Poplavsky. The article describes the implementation of this plot in the material of diaries and the posthumous book of poems The Snowy Hour (1936). The connection of the orphism of this period with the previous writings by Poplavskij with the ancient, Christian, symbolism traditions is studied. It is revealed that Poplavsky creates a myth of the singer-Logos, who should appear in the lower world of Sigu, go a special way full of trials and ascend to the «heavenly» homeland, spiritually be reborn and get the «ideal of Christ». Unlike Orpheus-Logos created by Vyach. Ivanov, Orpheus in Himself by B. Poplavsky should retrieve the divine power. In the book The Snowy Hour the Orphic plot is «encrypted», it becomes evident due to some allusive images and motives: light, music, fire and the sun. Various combinations of the image of Orpheus with the images of Hamlet, Christ, Francis of Assisi interconnected by the motives of the sun, singing, preaching, descending to the hell are also important. All these images become the embodiment of a hero-poet who must find spiritual verity and overcome the darkness of the surrounding reality

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