Сибирский федеральный университет

Перевод названия: “Another Places” in the Late Oeuvre of Valentin Rasputin: “The Hut” and “The Vision”

Тип публикации: статья из журнала

Год издания: 2015

Аннотация: This research is devoted to the problem of “another places” in the late oeuvre of V. Rasputin. The special models of heterotopias – cemetery, grave, island-ship (Matjora), delubrum, house as a bier – and the ways of realizing it are presented. Special attention is given to the observation of functions and human's status within heterotopia. It's proved that “another places” realize a hero's nostalgia about meaningful existence, which has been already impossible in the history, and they are associated with prospects of self-discovery. The desire to expand the horizons of present into the limit of unspeakable opens the multilayered universe and rescues from the existential terror by being included in the metaphysical mystery of life.The models, used by author in the process of heterotopia's comprehension, are received in original context in every work. The story “In the same land” (“V tu zhe zemlju...”) is about formation of a new cemetery far away from the native land, which is desecrated by power, so the funeral itself is transformed into an act of resistance. The protagonist of the story “Funeral feast” can't overcome the desire to peek over the edge of life, he heads for the flooded cemetery and dies. A hero-trickster follows the same way. His path lies against the weed of river water to the sea, where the ancient course, “water of life” is preserved. A hut of the main character (the story “Izba”), which has been already incurable in the history, rises from within the soul, reality is conjured by the prophetic word and reports to it. A house is also a kind of coffin (domovina), becomes a crossroad of worlds, heterotopias, where alive and dead, righteous and sinful, insid-ers and outsiders get together. The research concludes, that “another places” in V.Rasputin's oeuvre are not intended for life, they are places of self-discovery and choice, where the hero is given a moment of truth that he can disallow.

Журнал: Literatura

Выпуск журнала: Т. 57, № S5

Номера страниц: 306-315

ISSN журнала: 02580802

Место издания: Вильнюс

• Ковтун Н. (Сибирский федеральный университет)

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