“YESENIN” LANDSCAPES IN K.G. PAUSTOVSKY’S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL PROSE OF THE 1960S

Abstract

The article examines the image of the Ryazan land in the sixth part of the autobiographical book “The Tale of Life” by K.G. Paustovsky. The southern part of the Ryazan region is described in detail in the chapter “Field Silence”. The northern, marshy lands are almost not depicted in the story, since the previously published book “The Meshcherskaya Side” was dedicated to them. The key motifs of the created landscapes bring together what G.K. Paustovsky wrote with the poems of S.A. Yesenin. They confirm the prose writer’s recognition that he owes a lot to Yesenin in discovering the beauty of central Russia. It has been established that direct text roll calls connect the chapters of the “Tale of Life” with the poems “Swamps and swamps...”, “Goluben”, “Low house with blue shutters...”. Direct reference to these works occurs after a direct reference to the influence of Yesenin (chapter “Copper Horseshoes”). Writers share an open experience of connection with the Motherland through its nature.