2017-№4 (57) Article 14

Voronova O.E.

The Images of Multi-Tribal East in J.P. Polonsky’s Collection “Sazandar”. P.113- 120.

UDC 821.161.1-1.09«1846/1851»

The article treats J.P. Polonsky’s artistic endeavors to depict a foreign culture in his Caucasus-related collection “Sazandar” (1849). The paper focuses on the typology of national characters: an old sage (“Old Sazandar”), a brave horseman (“Agbar”), a folk poet (“Satar”), a noble robber (“Caravan”),

a proud rover (“A Vendor’s Choice”), an eastern beauty (“A Tatar Girl”, “Tamara and Rustaveli”). The image of a noble robber Timur-Gassan, which is both national and international, is analyzed in a more detailed way. J.P. Polonsky creates his Caucasian characters with prefect understanding of the eastern mentality and due respect to Caucasian traditions and rituals. The poetics of a foreign character is real-ized in the “Sazandar” collection through vivid portrait sketches, emotional dialogues, psychological in-trospection, characters’ actions, exotic nature. J.P. Polonsky’s attitude to Caucasian types and characters is

a consequence of general literary and civilian position, realistic method, humanistic and civil position. Romantic tendencies of depicting Caucasian landscapes , national traditions, rituals and legends are in-terrelated with realistic aspects (a poet’s life and fate, his rich inner world). J.P. Polonsky’s innovations are manifested through the combination of ideal elements of the eastern world and the physiological descrip-tion of a multinational eastern city against the background of social routine  (“Tiffliss”).

 

J.P. Polonsky, “Sazandar” collection, Caucasus images, typology of national characters, east-ern mentality, ethnocultural dialogue, Caucasian literature.

 

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