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Elena M. Bondarchuk
Samara National Research University
Symbolics of the book and the space of cultural memory in the «final book» of Boris Pasternak “Doctor Zhivago”
Bondarchuk E.M. Symbolics of the book and the space of cultural memory in the «final book» of Boris Pasternak “Doctor Zhivago”. Vestnik of Kostroma State University, 2021, vol. 27, № 3, pp. 135–147 (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2021-27-3-135-147
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2021-27-3-135-147
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Publish date: 2021-08-18
Annotation: This article examines one of the symbolic components of the «objective world» of the novel about the writer – the image of the «book». It is noted that its use in the poetics of «Doctor Zhivago» is multifunctional. In addition to the characteristics of the artistic space, the «book» acts as a «finished object» that implements «universal and all-encompassing semantic segments» in the plot associated with cultural memory, the integrity of life and the world order. Special attention is paid to the content of the genre designation of «final book», which is applied to a number of «polymorphic» novels of the late 19th – 20th centuries and is considered in the context of «genre generalisations» in literature. The meaning of lexical components used within this genre designation is clarified. The occasional meaning «target», contained in the word «final», allows one to see in the intense self-reflection of the writer, which has a significant impact on the creative process, aspiration to cognise the «hidden essence» of things. The appeal to the goals inherent in the «ontological construction» of beings is defined in the philosophical tradition as «phenomenological reduction» (EGA Husserl), «transcending the spirit beyond its limits» (RM Garrigou-Lagrange). These processes are responsible for the retardation of the phase of the formation of the concept of the work – a phenomenon that has not yet been fully explained.
Keywords: final book, concept, cultural memory, telos, finished object, semantic triangle, semantic dyad, book symbolism.
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Author's info: Elena M. Bondarchuk, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Samara National Research University, Samara, Russia, elena_bondarchuk@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1021-5684