On the influence of O. Chukhontsev’s work on contemporary Russian poetry
https://doi.org/10.26907/2782-4756-2025-81-3-155-162
Abstract
The article analyzes O. Chukhontsev’s (b. 1938) poetic influence on his contemporaries: V. Korkia (b. 1948), M. Amelin (b. 1970), and G. Medvedev (b. 1983). The connections of these poets with Chukhontsev’s lyrical poetry are important for understanding the features of their work, but these similarities have not been researched before, which determines the novelty of the presented work. The poetry and drama by Korkia and Chukhontsev’s poetics are characterized by ideological and thematic convergence and a number of techniques, such as playing with phraseology, historical and socio-philosophical issues, saturation of the text with allusions across a wide range of works. Amelin’s poetics is characterized by overcoming time frames and synthesizing the epochs that are as far apart as possible, which is often found in Chukhontsev’s poems. The theme of time, one of the most relevant for Chukhontsev’s lyrical poetry, is becoming important for Amelin as well. Medvedev, for his part, directly declares his orientation towards his older contemporary: the cycle “Poems with Epigraphs” opens with a text and an epigraph, which refers us to Chukhontsev’s poetics. Formal indicators are also adopted by the poets in question: thus, they repeat the rhythmic side of his works, his prosaic style and some other features of the literary master. The relevance of Chukhontsev’s themes, ideas and techniques is confirmed by the appeal to his poetics by beginning and full-fledged authors.
About the Authors
P. S. Mezentseva
Kazan Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Mezentseva Polina Sergeevna, student,
18 Kremlyovskaya Str., Kazan, 420008
A. E. Skvortsov
Kazan Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Skvortsov Artem Eduardovich, Doctor of Philology, Professor,
18 Kremlyovskaya Str., Kazan, 420008
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Mezentseva P.S., Skvortsov A.E. On the influence of O. Chukhontsev’s work on contemporary Russian poetry. Philology and Culture. 2025;(3):155-162. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/2782-4756-2025-81-3-155-162
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