The opposition “Leo Tolstoy – Konstantin Leontiev” in the interpretation of A. Zakrzhevsky’s literary criticism
https://doi.org/10.26907/2074-0239-2021-64-2-130-136
Abstract
This article presents an attempt to answer two interrelated questions: 1) Is it possible to speak of Zakrzewski’s deliberate ignorance of the figure of Leo Tolstoy when analyzing the literary process? 2) Is there a way to explicate the critic’s views on the author, whose work, although having been read, was not included in the circle of his research interests? With the help of the historical-functional, hermeneutic methods and the method of comparative analysis, the article offers a variant of an answer to these questions. Based on Zakrzhevsky’s critical articles, a comparative analysis of such features as “antithetical” and “synthetic” thought, which are characteristic of religious and philosophical criticism, makes it possible to identify the cases, used by the critic to compare the writers and to oppose them. The historical-functional method enables us to single out the facts from the biographies of Leontiev and Tolstoy, which allow us to assert either the similarity or the opposition of the writers. The hermeneutic method aims to explicate Zakrzhevsky’s views on Tolstoy through the analysis of Zakrzhevsky’s statements about Leontiev.
About the Authors
V. Krylov
Kazan Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Viacheslav Nikolaevich Krylov, Doctor of Philology, Professor
420008
18 Kremlyovskaya Str.
Kazan
A. Balandin
Kazan Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey Sergeevich Balandin, graduate student
420008
18 Kremlyovskaya Str.
Kazan
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Krylov V., Balandin A. The opposition “Leo Tolstoy – Konstantin Leontiev” in the interpretation of A. Zakrzhevsky’s literary criticism. Philology and Culture. 2021;(2):130-136. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/2074-0239-2021-64-2-130-136
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