MEDITERRANEAN AND FICTIONAL SPACE IN SALVADOR ESPRIU’S “CEMENTIRI DE SINERA”

The relevance of the article is caused by the appeal to the work of the famous Catalan poet of the XXcentury Salvador Espriu, little-studied in Russia. The category of space in the cycle of Espriu’s “Cemetery of Sinera”is analyzed by means of biographical and historical-literary methods, using studies of national and foreign researchers.The compositional basis of the collection is the journey of the lyrical hero through the fictional Sinera, endowed withfeatures of a real Catalan seaside town of Arenys, where the poet spent his childhood and where his ancestors lived. Thecosy homeland, separated from the rest of the world by sea and mountains, which is at the same time part of the vastexpanse of the Mediterranean, has become synonymous with an idealized happy life, ruined by the Spanish Civil Warand the events that followed it. Although the poet’s gaze is fixed on the past, the grammatical emphasis on the presentand the future points to the continuity, reinforcing the hope that the next generation will not shrug off history. Despite the fact that the work is dominated by the subjective and lyrical component, the author managed to touch on civilian issues and find a response from a wide range of readers.