Open AccessThe Poetics of Agony, and Practices of a Genius: Pushkin’s Translation "From A. Chénier" as an Aesthetic Reflection
Author(s) -
Eléna Kardash
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
russkaâ literatura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 0131-6095
DOI - 10.31860/0131-6095-2020-2-59-74
Subject(s) - poetics , pathos , sublime , genius , poetry , art , literature , context (archaeology) , aesthetics , philosophy , reflection (computer programming) , history , archaeology , computer science , programming language
The article presents a profound analysis of A. S. Pushkin’s translation "From A. Chénier" («The cover, soaked by caustic blood…»), which constitutes a case study demonstrating how the dramatic aesthetic of the sublime and theoretical refl ections on the scenic pathos in the second half of the 18th — the beginning of the 19th centuries provides a fruitful context for a poetic experiment that is supposed to transform Pushkin’s creative strategies.