IMAGES OF METROPOLITAN POETS IN THE POETRY OF SCOTTISH POETS-EMIGRANTS OF THE USA OF 19th CENTURY

Abstract

A cycle of poems by Scottish poets-emigrants of the United States of 19th century, dedicated to metropolitan poets, is scrutinized in the article. Poetic discourse of 19th century Scottish emigrants of the USA is considered as multilayered supratext with many cycles and levels functioning. The emigrational discourse of the indicated study ensures the novelty and relevance of this work. The quantitative advantage remains with the English poets in the mentioned cycle of poems. Of the Scottish poets, a special place is given to R. Burns and R.L. Stevenson. Their images are distinguished by extreme emblematicity and mythologization, which determine the ethnic specificity of the Scottish emigrational discourse. Among the dominant features of the cycle are national identity and regional thinking, as well as an expressive emphasis on the autobiographical and biographical nature of lyrical characters. A distinctive feature of the emigrational poetic discourse about Scottish poets is the absence of a critical component. Regionalism manifests itself both in a focus on the local and in an attempt to maintain their «Scottishness» in the new socio-historical context.