The ‘Kalmyk Tale’ Narrated by Ye. Pugachev — Pushkin’s Philosophical Parabl
https://doi.org/10.22162/2075-7794-2016-28-6-77-88
Abstract
The article considers the ‘Kalmyk tale’ in terms of the genre theory and by means of a special analysis of the genre of parable. The allegorical meaning of Pugachev’s ‘tale’ emerges out of the context of Pushkin’s prose, especially The Journey to Erzurum... and The Captain’s Daughter. The intertextual relations of symbolic and allegorical characters (‘a raven and a dove’, ‘the Eagle and the Raven’), in turn, are determined by the specificity of the biblical texts, primarily those of the Old Testament. Allusions, reminiscences, and replicas of biblical precepts, teachings and parables define the genre originality of Pugachev’s ‘Kalmyk tale’ as a philosophical parable. And it is in this form that the Parable about the Eagle and the Raven gets included in Pushkin’s 1830s philosophy of history.
About the Author
Bairta Kichikova
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (Elista, Russian Federation)
Russian Federation
Ph.D. in Philology, Associate Professor, Senior Research Associate, Department of Written Monuments, Literature and Buddhist Studies, Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (Elista, Russian Federation)
Russian Federation
Ph.D. in Philology, Associate Professor, Senior Research Associate, Department of Written Monuments, Literature and Buddhist Studies, Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (Elista, Russian Federation)
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Kichikova B. The ‘Kalmyk Tale’ Narrated by Ye. Pugachev — Pushkin’s Philosophical Parabl. Oriental Studies. 2016;9(6):77-88. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22162/2075-7794-2016-28-6-77-88
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