"THE TALE OF THE POSSESSED WOMAN SOLOMONIA". MYTHOLOGICAL CONTEXTS AND PARALLELS

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-127
Author(s):  
Olga B. Khristoforova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Content Structure ◽  
Old Russian ◽  
The North ◽  
Thematic Unity ◽  
Russian Literary ◽  
And Function

The article discusses a masterpiece of Old Russian literature of the 17th century, “The Tale of the Possessed Woman Solomonia”, in the context of Russian and Finno-Ugric mythology. The plot of the Tale is compared to two close plot sets: about people given away to spirits of nature (lost / cursed) or taken away by said spirits (the plot of the North Russian and Finno-Ugric mythological narratives), and about the supernatural or enchanted wife (husband) (the plot is common in Russian fairy tales and in non-fairytale prose of the Finno-Ugric peoples). Consideration of the Tale in a wider mythological context allows to talk not only about the folklore origins of the Old Russian literary masterpiece or thematic unity of the literary and oral texts, but also about the work of cross-genre transmission for mythological motifs, about the logic and ideology of the plot composition in texts of different genres. In particular, it is assumed that, from the point of view of comparative mythology, the motif of sexual persecution of Solomonia by demons can be considered not a result of the influence of Western European demonology with its idea of the succubi and incubi, but an inverse of the mythological model of exogamous marriage regarding of its content, structure and function. The article offers an extension of the context in which one can think about the plot of the Old Russian tale and about weaving yet another thread into the canvas of interpretations.

scholarly journals CYCLIZATION OF OLD RUSSIAN WORKS ON THE ANNEXATION OF THE NORTH-WESTERN LANDS TO THE GRAND DUCHY OF MOSCOW IN MANUSCRIPTS OF THE 16–17TH CENTURIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 171-178
Author(s):  
Natalia A. Demicheva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Old Russian ◽  
The North ◽  
Single Process ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
The Creation ◽  
North Western ◽  
Grand Duchy

The paper examines the cycle of stories “The capture of Novgorod the Great” and “The Taking of Pskov” in manuscripts of the 16th–17th centuries. Since at least two manuscripts contain the stories “The taking of Novgorod the Great” and “The taking of Pskov” in the same sequence, thematically related, the creator of this cycle probably used the same chronicle source. The author analyzes texts taking into account the composition of the manuscripts and the context of chronicle texts of the 15th–16th centuries on the annexation of the North-Western lands to the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Attention is focused on the fact that the story “The taking of Pskov” simultaneously contains signs of both Pskov and Moscow points of view on the events of 1510. Consequently the author suggests a hypothesis: the creator of the cycle of stories “The taking of Novgorod the Great” and “The taking of Pskov” processed now lost source of the story “The taking of Pskov”, which reflected Pskov point of view on its annexation, the Grand prince`s attitude towards joining the North-Western lands of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and according to his plan, connected with the creation of ideas about joining the North-Western lands as a single process of gathering lands.

Chadic

2020 ◽  
pp. 340-358
Author(s):  
Bernard Caron
Keyword(s):  
Structure And Function ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sentence Structure ◽  
Genetic Origin ◽  
Brief Assessment ◽  
Asiatic Origin ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Relationship

The Chadic family is best known by Hausa and its 45 million speakers, while the other 170 or so languages count between 500,000 and a few thousand. Given their common genetic origin, what does it mean to be a Chadic language, not only in terms of retentions and innovations from their common Afro-Asiatic origin, but also from a typological point of view? The chapter begins by listing and locating the Chadic languages, while making an attempt at estimating their number of speakers. It then characterizes the typical Chadic language, describing its phonology, morphology, sentence structure, and function marking. The next section studies the relationship between Chadic and Afro-Asiatic in terms of retention and innovation. The section after that explores the typology of the Chadic family and its relationship with the Macro-Sudan belt and Africa as a linguistic area. The conclusion presents a brief assessment of the development of Chadic linguistics.

“PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR”. HOW DID OLD RUSSIAN PRINCES-MARTYRS FEAR?

2021 ◽  
pp. 50-64
Author(s):  
Svetlana A. Borisova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional State ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Old Russian ◽  
The Creation

The concept of fear is one of the foundations upon which the image of a martyr is based in hagiography. The paper analyzes ways of representing the feelings of a saint who is about to suffer torment. The historical sources of the research are the Byzantine acts of the martyrs which translations were known in Ancient Russia, and original Old Russian lives. In the first part of the paper, stories about Greek righteous men are discussed from the point of view of the concept of fear. The author identifies two types of the representation of a martyr’s emotional state and defines the principles which guided the creation of the stories about the fearlessness or the bravery of the characters. In the second part of the paper, Old Russian literature is analyzed. It is based on the same principles as the Byzantine acts of the martyrs. However, in two of the lives of princes-martyrs (“The tale of Boris and Gleb” and “The life of Mikhail Yaroslavich of Tver”), the aforementioned principles are realized in a special way. The study of the representation of the characters’ feelings rests on the analysis of biblical quotes that are used to describe the fear of Boris and Mikhail. The findings help to clarify our understanding of the ways in which the image of a saint was created in translated Byzantine lives, and how the hagiographic canon was adapted in Ancient Russia.

Hatshepsut’s Punt Reliefs: Their Structure and Function

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 189-203
Author(s):  
Filip Taterka
Keyword(s):  
Structure And Function ◽  
The South ◽  
The West ◽  
West Wall ◽  
The North ◽  
South Wall ◽  
New Interpretation ◽  
North Wall ◽  
And Function ◽  
Female Counterpart

The article examines the layout of Hatshepsut’s Punt reliefs, proposing a new interpretation of their internal structure and ideological function within the decorative programme of the Deir el-Bahari temple. The author argues that the reliefs form a cycle of subsequent scenes, starting at the southernmost end of the west wall, continuing through the south wall up to the northern part of the west wall. As for the scenes represented on the northernmost end of the west wall and on the north wall, it is argued that they should be viewed as forming a single ideological entity, which at the same time corresponds to the long historical inscription placed on the easternmost end of the south wall. That way the reliefs reflect both aspects of Egyptian eternity: the linear (in the cycle of subsequent episodes) and the circular one (in the ideological link between the southern- and northernmost extremities of the Punt Portico). As for the function of the reliefs, it is argued that they were supposed to magically repeat Hatshepsut’s Punt expedition and thus provide her divine father Amun-Ra with all exotic products necessary in his cult. The author also tries to demonstrate, how Hatshepsut was gradually identified with the goddess Hathor in her aspect of the Lady of Punt and the female counterpart of Amun-Ra throughout the Punt reliefs.

Music and Meditation: Songs in Johannes Mauburnus's Rosetum exercitiorum spiritualium

2008 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrike Hascher-Burger
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Unique Feature ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Varying Length ◽  
Devotio Moderna ◽  
Late Fifteenth ◽  
And Function ◽  
First Time ◽  
Religious Songs

AbstractThe Rosetum exercitiorum spiritualium et sacrarum meditationum of Johannes Mauburnus is considered the most extensive and influential treatise on meditation in the circles of the late Devotio Moderna. It was printed in five editions from the late fifteenth to the early seventeenth century. Besides instructions for numerous meditations of varying length, this treatise contains seven religious songs which were intended to stir up the emotions and facilitate the correct disposition for meditation. These songs were created as contrafacts, meaning that the newly composed texts were sung to well-known melodies of liturgical hymns and religious songs. In song rubrics, Mauburnus gives precise instructions about their function as an aid to summoning the motivation for the great number of spiritual exercises that had to be accomplished by the adherents of the Devotio Moderna every day. A unique feature of the Rosetum is the combination of a concrete meditation with a corresponding written song. These songs have not yet been examined systematically. The texts were edited by Guido Maria Dreves in Analecta hymnica on the basis of the edition printed in Paris in 1510. The melodies have not yet been reconstructed. In this article, the seven contrafacts are studied for the first time from the point of view of their structure and function, and their melodies are reconstructed on the basis of liturgical sources associated with the Devotio Moderna.

scholarly journals A brief overview of the reception of “The Tale of Igor's Campaign”

Litera ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 33-46
Author(s):  
Ziwei Li
Keyword(s):  
Mainland China ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
May Fourth Movement ◽  
General Process ◽  
Old Russian ◽  
Fourth Movement ◽  
Russian Literary ◽  
Scientific Task ◽  
Complete Translation ◽  
Historical Methods

The subject of this research is the process of reception of “The Tale of Igor's Campaign” in mainland China. The analysis of China’s historical conditions and comparison of the statistics at different periods indicate changes in the process of reception of Russian literature as a whole, and the Old Russian literary landmark in particular in the course of historical development of Celestial Empire. The novelty of this research is defines by insufficient coverage of the process of reception of “The Tale of Igor's Campaign” in China as a special cultural phenomenon, inseparable from the overall process of cultural and literary development of the country. Reception of the Russian literature is viewed in the socio-historical system, in which it organically interacts with the national culture and literature. The article employs descriptive, conceptual, and comparative-historical methods for solving the scientific task; determines the key stages in the general process of reception of “The Tale of Igor's Campaign” in China; and reveals the peculiarities of each stage with description of the major achievements. The author concludes that for almost two centuries, the Old Russian literary landmark has undergone a propaedeutic reception in China, which gradually intensified after the May Fourth Movement. It experienced stagnation after the first complete translation of the “Tale” into Chinese language, and a breakthrough in the image of this work in modern Chinese science, which currently interprets “The Tale of Igor's Campaign” as a literary-historical text.

scholarly journals STRUKTUR DAN FUNGSI SOSIAL LEGENDA SETEMPAT SAMPURAGA DI DESA SIRAMBAS KECAMATAN PANYABUNGAN BARAT KABUPATEN MANDAILING NATAL

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Wendi Nofrialdi ◽  
Hasanuddin WS ◽  
Muhammad Ismail Nasution
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Function ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
And Function

This research had a purpose to describe Social Structure and Function of Legend of Sampuraga Story. The theory used by researchers in this research was folklore theory. The type of this research is qualitative research with description method which is explaining facts explicitly obtained from research object. To be able to describe the Social Structure and Function of the Legend of Sampuraga, this research is done by analyzing the data as an object with the following steps. (1) to describe the Structure of Folklore Legend of Sampuraga. (2) to describe the socio-function of the folklore of the Samapuraga legend. Structures are elements that build a ceruta, there are elements that are (1) characterizations, (2) style of language, (3) events and plot, (4) point of view, (5) background, and (6) theme and mandate. Furthermore, social function is a form of community belief to folklore they have and become a separate function in their social life. The social functions are (1) as a means of entertainment, (2) as a means of education (3) a means of social control, (4) social solidarity inauguration, and (5) group identity. Based on data analysis conducted, it can be concluded that there are only 5 elements in the Structure of Folklore Legend because the point of view is not found in the folklore Legend Sampuraga. All the social functions described above apply to the community of folklore owner Legend Sampuraga.Keywords: folklore, sampuraga, social function

scholarly journals The image of light: poetics of Old Russian literature in Russian literary texts of the post-revolutionary decades (M. Tsvetaeva, O. Mandelstam, A. Akhmatova, B. Pasternak)

2021 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 174-183
Author(s):  
Tatiana I. Radomskaya
Keyword(s):  
Russian Literature ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Special Role ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Human Soul ◽  
Material Life ◽  
Old Russian ◽  
Red Color ◽  
Russian Literary ◽  
In The Beginning

The topic of the present paper is the process of transformation of old Russian poetics in Russian literature in the beginning of the 20th c. and particularly the concept of light. The concept of light is very specific in Old Russian literature and can be perceived as phenomenological image and associated with sacral world. The concept of light may be transformed and manifested in different images such as protective veil or as a boundary between light and dark (which is explored through the example of old Russian literature). The literature of the early 20 c. proves that the concept of light is similar to one of the Old Russian literature and plays special role in works by M. Tsvetaeva, B. Pasternak, O. Mandelshtam, A. Akhmatova. It is due to transcendental vector of their works. In Tsvetaeva`s works light is shown through opposition “colour – light” that reveals sacral nature of it and white color. The works by Mandelshtam and Akhmatova demonstrate that light also can be white (similar to Tsvetaeva) but also connected with red color as it is associated with death of millions. In the Christian tradition it symbolizes martyrdom. The novel “Doktor Zhivago” by B. Pasternak illustrates that the source of light is inside material life. Thus, the concept of light in the works of postrevolutionary years reveals 2 types of consciousness (according to S. Frank) — immanent presence of common in nature and in human soul and strong feeling of transcendency.

scholarly journals Hermeneutics of Old Russian Literature: Issue 20

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga A. Tufanova ◽  
Marianna V. Kaplun
Keyword(s):  
Russian Literature ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Traditional Practice ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Old Russian ◽  
Russian Literary ◽  
History Of ◽  
Fundamental Research ◽  
Manuscript Collections

The book is a comprehensive fundamental research on the history of Russian literature of the 11th–17th centuries, reflecting various domestic and foreign schools and trends. The materials are structured into sections depending on the subject, topics and methods of analysis and show both the novelty and the traditional nature of the research problem. The focus is on the scientific problems of codicology, source study, textology, macro- and micropoetics of both manuscript collections and individual monuments of the literature of Old Russia, editions of newly found redactions and previously unknown medieval texts. Analytical and survey research focuses on the problems of interpretation of Old Russian written monuments, the artistic specifics of various genre forms, syncretic phenomena of Old Russian literary and artistic creativity. A number of works have shown a deep interest in the issues of the reception of plots of Old Russian literature in the literature of the 20th–21th centuries, allusions to the medieval texts. The newest original research devoted to the peculiarities of Old Russian writing and manuscript ruling clarifies the issues of the existence of Old Russian books and makes significant adjustments to the established traditional practice of publishing Old Russian monuments. In general, research presented in the book expands and deepens the understanding of the history of the development of Russian medieval literature. The book is addressed primarily to trained readers — medieval scholars, university professors, graduate students and philology students, historians, cultural experts, art historians.

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