Komar ‘Mosquito’ as an Inspirator and Co-author of G. R. Derzhavin, A. Parschikov, Yu. Arabov

The article considers Komar (a mosquito) as a satirical character, traditionally associated with ideas of harmfulness, cruelty, militancy, greed and bragging in literature and folklore, which is characteristic of both 18^th-century poetry and modern poetic works. The author analyzes the image of Komar in the titles of poems-dedications by G. Derzhavin, A. Parshchikov and Yu. Arabov, determines its roles, subject and object status and categorical meaning of its name. Furthermore, the article considers genre features and quasi-genre ironic semantics of the laudatory words and odes to Komar. The authors explore intertextual connections of ‘mosquito’ texts, where Komar is portrayed as a messenger of eros, a war initiator, a warrior and an army leader, an enemy in a battle, a nobleman and a tormentor of the nobles, a tyrant and a victim at the same time. It appears in the form of a warship and an airplane, a boomerang, a welding machine and a broken book. The study pays particular attention to the incestual motives, which are reflected in the interweaving of quotations and allusions. The author comes to the conclusion that Komar can be not only an object of poetic reflection, but also the subject of many poetic statements, projecting the same ideas as the poets.

Keywords

image of the Komar ‘Mosquito’, satirical poetry, ode, praise, incantation, intertextuality, speech and literary genres, title

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28.12.2022

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28.12.2022

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GOST	Severskaya O. Komar ‘Mosquito’ as an Inspirator and Co-author of G. R. Derzhavin, A. Parschikov, Yu. Arabov // Russkaya Rech’ – 2022. – Issue 6 C. 81-93 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/rusrech/s013161170023739-1-1-en (circulation date: 04.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013161170023739-1
MLA	Severskaya, Olga "Komar ‘Mosquito’ as an Inspirator and Co-author of G. R. Derzhavin, A. Parschikov, Yu. Arabov." Russkaya Rech’ 6 (2022):81-93. DOI: 10.31857/S013161170023739-1
APA	Severskaya O. (2022). Komar ‘Mosquito’ as an Inspirator and Co-author of G. R. Derzhavin, A. Parschikov, Yu. Arabov. Russkaya Rech’ (6), pp.81-93 DOI: 10.31857/S013161170023739-1

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