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Philology and Culture</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Philology and Culture</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2782-4756</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.26907/2782-4756-2026-84-2-199-205</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">filkult-1378</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ФИЛОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ НАУКИ. ЛИТЕРАТУРОВЕДЕНИЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES. LITERARY STUDIES</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Апологетическая ипостась петровского мифа: драма Э. Черри «Петр Великий, или Деревянные стены»</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Eulogizing as part of the Petrine myth: A. Cherry’s drama “Peter the Great, or The Wooden Walls”</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9362-7720</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Поляков</surname><given-names>О. Ю.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Polyakov</surname><given-names>O. Ya.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Поляков Олег Юрьевич, доктор филологических наук, профессор</p><p>610000, Киров, Московская, 36</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Polyakov Oleg Yurievich, Doctor of Philology, Professor</p><p>36 Moskovskaya Str., Kirov, 610000</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">polyakoov@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Вятский государственный университет</institution></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Vyatka State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>01</day><month>07</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>0</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>199</fpage><lpage>205</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Поляков О.Ю., 2026</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Поляков О.Ю.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Polyakov O.Y.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://filkult.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/1378">https://filkult.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/1378</self-uri><abstract><p>Статья посвящена анализу пьесы английского драматурга конца XVIII – начала XIX в. Э. Черри «Петр Великий, или Деревянные стены» (1807) во взаимосвязи с «петровским текстом» национальной драмы и в аспекте реализации в ней семантики Петровского мифа. Определяются общие для произведений Д. Крэдока, Д. О’Киффа и Э. Черри константы образа Петра I, соотносящиеся с имагообразом России, и выявляется своеобразие воплощения образа царя в драме-опере Черри, детерминируемое жанровыми стратегиями автора, комбинирующего элементы бытовой комедии, фарса и исторической драмы, для того чтобы соединить в характере протагониста приватное и публичное, представить его как патриота, просветителя, объединителя страны, «отца нации» и, с другой стороны, как труженика и преданного друга. Идеализация образа Петра распространена Черри и на изображение его любовного чувства, которое определяется его эгалитаристскими воззрениями на природу любви и вытекает из морального чувства. Важную роль в эмпатической репрезентации образа Петра I и России в целом играют также образы природы, обобщенный образ простых русских людей – щедрых, благородных, патриотичных и умелых, что, безусловно, диссонирует с общей направленностью имагологической рецепции России на Западе в XVIII в. В связи с этим важно обратить внимание на общий идиллический тон пьесы, славящей царя, уверенно ведущего страну по пути прогресса. Э. Черри, как и его коллеги по театральному цеху, транслировал миф о русском монархе, редуктивный и упрощенный образ, игнорирующий противоречивость Петра и трагические последствия его реформ. В целом, драма «Петр Великий, или Деревянные стены» способствовала валоризации образа России, повышению его имагологической оценки в художественном сознании Англии.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The paper analyses the play of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century English author A. Cherry “Peter the Great, or The Wooden Walls” (1807) in connection with the “Petrine text” of the national drama and in the aspect of the Petrine myth’s We define the constant features of the image of Peter the Great, common for the works of J. Cradock, J. O’Keeffe, and A. Cherry, in relation to the hetero-image of Russia. The analysis reveals the peculiarities of Peter’s characterization in Cherry’s operatic drama, determined by the author’s genre strategies combining elements of comedy, farce, and historical drama. The mixed drama provides a complex representation of the image of Peter the Great. The playwright displays private and public aspects in the protagonist’s character and presents him as a patriot, enlightener and the unifier of the country, the father of the nation, and, at the same time, as a common laborer and a devoted friend. Idealization of Peter I is also conveyed through the portrayal of his love for Catherine, which is determined by his equalitarian concept of love springing from the moral feeling. We highlight the role of the images of nature in the empathic representation of the images of Peter I and Russia, as well as the generalized image of Russian people, generous, patriotic and skilful, which, undoubtedly, runs counter to the traditional reception of Russia in the West in the eighteenth century. In connection with it, it is important to mark the idyllic mood of the play glorifying the czar who leads the country on the road of progress. A. Cherry, as well as his colleagues, contributed to transmitting the Petrine myth, a reduced and simplified image that excluded Peter’s contradictions and the tragic consequences of his reforms. In general, the drama “Peter the Great, or The Wooden Walls” aided valorization of the image of Russia in the artistic consciousness of England.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Эндрю Черри</kwd><kwd>английская драма XVIII в.</kwd><kwd>«Петр Великий</kwd><kwd>или Деревянные стены»</kwd><kwd>Петровский миф</kwd><kwd>образ России</kwd><kwd>имагологическая репрезентация</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Andrew Cherry</kwd><kwd>18th-century English drama</kwd><kwd>“Peter the Great</kwd><kwd>or The Wooden Walls”</kwd><kwd>Petrine myth</kwd><kwd>image of Russia</kwd><kwd>imagological representation</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Материал подготовлен в рамках реализации Программы развития федерального государственного бюджетного образовательного учреждения высшего образования «Вятский государственный университет» на 2025–2036 годы (стратегическая цель № 3 «Воспитание патриотичной и социально ответственной личности», проект «Мировоззренческий базис личности»).</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Polyakov O. 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