Derzhavin’s Poem
“To Evgenii. Life at Zvanka”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22344480 |
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| Authors | Joachim Klein (Leiden University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 192-203 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slovene (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2304-0785 • E-ISSN: 2305-6754 |
| Publisher | Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • RU) |
| DOI | 10.31168/2305-6754.2021.11.1.8 |
| OpenAlex | W4366128532 |
| Language | EN |
This paper approaches Derzhavin’s poem To Evgenii. Life at Zvanka from three angles: 1. Its relation to Horace’s II epode Beatus ille.... 2. The contrasting backdrop which is established in the first stanzas of the poem: the imperial court of Saint-Petersburg. 3. A further backdrop of this kind, which is implicit in the poem: a contemporary disdain for gentry landowners. In the light of Peter I’s reforms, their lifestyle was perceived as a backward relic of medieval Russia. From this point of view, Derzhavin’s idealized picture of country life is not only a criticism of court life, but also a didactic attempt to bring the country gentry’s way of life into accord with contemporary Russian culture: Zvanka was supposed to serve as a model to emulate
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Criticism · Gentry · Literature · Poetry · SAINT · Saint petersburg · Sociology · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication · History · Mathematics · Philosophy · Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia · Soviet and Russian History
| Highly cited | No |
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