Genius loci in the poetics of the novel “The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants” by F. M. Dostoevsky
- Authors: Safronova E.Y.
- Issue: Vol 16, No 3 (2018)
- Pages: 65-84
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1026-9479/article/view/294398
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.15393/j9.art.2018.5441
- ID: 294398
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The article offers one of the possible interpretations of the semantics of the title toponym of the work of F. M. Dostoevsky “The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants”, gives the definition of an allusive toponym, analyzes the type of oikonym and its word-forming model. The naming “Stepanchikovo Village” fits into the manor text (enters in the farmstead text) of russian culture and literature. The author ties the nomination of the estate of Rostanev with the personal provincial experience of the writer, the main place in which belongs to Semipalatinsk. The dominant allusive toponym of Stepanchikovo village actualizes the non-textual information and the subtext of the work, presumably referring to the name of merchant Stepan Stepanov, who hosted A. E. Wrangel, Dostoevsky’s close friend. Such details as the name of the character Stepan Bakhcheev, “intolerable heat”, rare flowers in the estate and the Cossack servant allude to the estate “Kazakov’s garden” belonging to Stepan Stepanov, which used to be rented by A. E. Wrangel for spending summer time with friends.
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Elena Yu. Safronova
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