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Name: «I have lost forever...»: N. Gumilev and A. RImbaud's «surrealism»

Authors: Kulikova Elena Yuryevna

Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

In the section Study of literature

Abstract: The article is considered A. Rimbaud's influence whose creation includes surrealistic poetics features on N. Gumilev. French poet's reminiscence layer of lyrics is given up in early and late Gumilev's poems. Special attention is distinguished to the motive of straying through the space and time that is one of the most frequency motive of Gumilev's works. The texts with this motive are analyzed. Two poems are emphasized, they are «Stockholm» and «Strayed tram». It is noticed that «Strayed tram» has dreaming nature and surrealistic features. Gumilev makes text that is close to A. Rimbaud's «Drunk ship» figuratively. The plot about «strayed» character discovers legends about disappearing in its subtext, has disastrous meanings, that can be with tragic finale.

Keywords: acmeism, surrealism, reminiscences, recoverability, temporal and space characteristics

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