2017-№4 (57) Article 16

Gracheva I.V.

Ryazan-Related Realia in J.P. Polonsky’s short stories   “Grunya” and “A Country House”. P.130- 139.

UDC 821.161.1-32.09«20»

 

The paper analyzes the way Ryazan-related realia and autobiographical materials are reflected in J.P. Polonsky’s short stories “Grunya” and “A Country House”. Though J.P. Polonsky himself admitted that these works were based on his adolescent reminiscences, the autobiographical aspect of these stories is under-investigated. The paper focuses on potential prototypes of the recurring protagonists of J.P. Polonsky’s works. We can find J.P. Polonsky’s hints at real prototypes of Sasha Krasilsky and uncle Syl-vester Semenovich, but we can only make wide guesses about a prototype of Vasily Khokhlov. To comment on J.P. Polonsky’s stories, the author analyzes J.P. Polonsky’s memoires “The Old Days and My Childhood” and “My School Years”, works on local history and archival materials. The stories depict a provincial town, in which one can easily recognize Ryazan. The author masterfully sketches urban landscapes. Some routine details described in the stories are inspired by J.P. Polonsky’s reminiscences of the Kaftyrevs’ house in Dvoryanskaya Street. The research enables one to see the writer’s work from real facts to artistic images.

 

J.P. Polonsky, early stories, “Grunya”, “A Country House”, autobiographical aspects, Ryazan-related realia, characters, prototypes.

 

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