Poetics of Metamorphosis and Layering in a Story A Small Mistake by N.S. Leskov:  Towards the Problem of the Classical Writer’s Method

Based on S.S. Averintsev’s study “Poetics of Early Byzantine Literature&8j1; and on the scholarly understanding of the “poetics” phenomenon, the specificity of the image in N. S. Leskov’s story “A Small Mistake&8j1; is revealed. The poetics of metamorphosis (Ovid), iconic poetics of “layer-by-layer painting&8j1; contribute to the embodiment of form-creative intentions of the 19^th century writer in the creation of such an image, which brings into synthesis the “fabulous&8j1; (everyday) and the “everyday-descriptive&8j1; (everyday life), verbal and plastic-imaginative features dating back to pagan and Christian cultures, encouraging the reader to interpret actively and understand the contradictions of the image. The article continues the study of N.S. Leskov’s poetics taking into account the aesthetic foundations of his work: the principle of deliberate archaization and modernisation; the primacy of craftsmanship rooted in tradition; the “double image&8j1;; the boundary form. The teleological goals of the analysis lie in the attempt to approach an understanding of the method of the most “misunderstood&8j1; Russian classical writer.

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poetics of Russian literature of the 19th century, N.S. Leskov, image, metamorphoses, “layer writingˮ, the classical writer method

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22.01.2024

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29.01.2024

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GOST	Evdokimova O. Poetics of Metamorphosis and “Layering” in a Story “A Small Mistake” by N.S. Leskov: Towards the Problem of the “Classical Writer’s Method” // Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka – 2024. – V. 82. – Issue 6 C. 23-27 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://izv-oifn.ru/S160578800029102-8-1 (circulation date: 18.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S160578800029102-8
MLA	Evdokimova, O. V "Poetics of Metamorphosis and “Layering” in a Story “A Small Mistake” by N.S. Leskov: Towards the Problem of the “Classical Writer’s Method”." Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 82.6 (2024):23-27. DOI: 10.31857/S160578800029102-8
APA	Evdokimova O. (2024). Poetics of Metamorphosis and “Layering” in a Story “A Small Mistake” by N.S. Leskov: Towards the Problem of the “Classical Writer’s Method”. Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 82(6), pp.23-27 DOI: 10.31857/S160578800029102-8

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