AGRICULTURAL METAPHOR IN THE ADAMISTIC VERSE OF VLADIMIR NARBUT AND MIKHAIL ZENKEVICH
The article features the findings of the study dedicated to the implementation of the agricultural metaphor in the 1910s in the adamistic verse of Vladimir Narbut and Mikhail Zenkevich. In this period, the sowing and harvest-related images appeared to be particularly topical for the poets referred to the literary school of Adamism. The image of death – sowing – became highly significant. The human body dipped into soil becomes nutritious environment and obtains the qualities of a seed, from which a new world, the heaven on earth, is to grow. For both poets, it is typical to refer to such images as “Mother Earth” and the human plant; they also focus on subduing the human being by the chthonian powers.
Keywords: Vladimir Narbut, Mikhail Zenkevich, adamism, acmeism, avant-garde, agricultural metaphor
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Issue: 11, 2014
Series of issue: Issue 11
Rubric: HISTORICAL POTENTIALS AND MANIFESTATIONS OF CONVENTIONALITY
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