RECEPTION OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE CULTURE IN N.S. GUMILEV’S POEM “CHINESE GIRL”

Abstract

The article is devoted to the reception of the Chinese traditional culture in the poem of N.S. Gumilev “Chinese Girl.” Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the image of the “Chinese girl” in the works of N.S. Gumilev. The article eхplores the figurative and symbolic series, motifs and the main theme of the poem, its intertextual connection with the works of the poets of the Tang era – Wen Tingyun and Wang Changling, as well as the originality of the verse form. As a result, it is proved that N.S. Gumilev’s “Chinese Girl” can be considered as an imitation of Chinese Guiyuanshi, the poems “Yi Jiangnan” and “Guiyuan” are perceived as his precedent texts. The deliberate choice of the metrical and strophic structure shows the poet’s attempt to recreate the Chinese classical verse form in Russian poetry.