FEATURES OF ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION OF HISTORY IN THE NOVEL OF I.I. LAZHECHNIKOV

Abstract

The aim of the study is to analyze features of the embodiment in works of I.I. Lazhechnikov of the category of nationality as one of the conditions for realization of historicism. Its relevance is due to the opportunities that open up for understanding the mechanisms of artistic representation of history while understanding the role of the category of nationality in this process. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the chosen aspect of studying features of the artistic representation of history in the novels of I.I. Lazhechnikov through consideration of the degree and completeness of the expression of the category of nationality and its influence on the category of historicism. The theoretical significance of the study lies in the inclusion in the circulation of scientific research of I.I. Lazhechnikov’s work of the concept of nationality as a category that affects the features of the author’s representation of history. Based on the analysis of the novels “The Last Novik, or the Conquest of Livonia in the reign of Peter the Great” and “Basurman”, a weak embodiment of the category of nationality in them was noted, while its voluminous expression is one of the most important conditions for the implementation of historicism.