GENRE-STYLE SPECIFICITY OF L.P. VOLKOV’S POEMS DEDICATED TO THE TOPIC OF COMMON HISTORICAL FATES OF RUSSIA AND CHINA

Abstract

The article analyzes lyrics of L.P. Volkov, dedicated to issues of Russian-Chinese relations. The purpose of the study is to consider it in terms of genre affiliation and ideological and thematic features. The researchers pay attention to the artistic language of the works and the poet’s idiomatic style. In the work, with varying degrees of detail, not only a motive analysis of the poems is carried out, but also the creative evolution of L. Volkov is outlined. It is noted that the genre of elegy in the poet’s artistic world, although based on traditional ideas, is undergoing innovative changes. The article presents genre and style parallels with the work of other poets, which allows to gain a broader understanding of the literary process of the 19th century. Particular attention is paid to understanding the historiosophical views of L.P. Volkov, reflected in the images of the Russian Empire, Russians and China, the Chinese (Manchus). The article is a useful material for literature teachers, philology students, including foreign ones.