“A poet in Russia is more than a poet”: poets, rest and activity in the 20th century Russian novel
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https://doi.org/10.6093/sigma.v0i7.10528Keywords:
Bulgakov, Brodsky, Pasternak, Poet, SilenceAbstract
Starting from a famous verse by Evgenij Evtušenko, which states that “a poet in Russia is more than a poet”, the article focuses on the figure of the Russian poet, especially his social role and the value of his clash with power, throughout the 20th century. The analysis is carried out with particular attention to the Soviet period and especially through the prism of two fundamental novels, The Master and Margarita and Doctor Zhivago, where the figure of the poet, especially his non-immediate relationship with power, history and civil society, is reflected in the characters of Ivan Bezdomny and Yuri Zhivago.
This contribution was published in the book Il ritratto dell’artista nel romanzo tra ’700 e ’900, edited by Paolo Pepe and Enrica Villari, Rome, Bulzoni, 2002, pp. 149-169 («I libri dell’Associazione Sigismondo Malatesta. Studi di letteratura comparata e teatro», 19).
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