ON QUESTION OF ORPHIC MOTIVES IN L. ANDREEV'S SHORT STORY “THE ABYSS”

Authors

  • Victor Viktorovich Gavrilov Surgut State Pedagogical University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26105/2023.15.3.002

Keywords:

Leonid Andreev, “The Abyss”, Orphic motives, Orpheus and Eurydice, myth, katabasis/catabasis, moral lapse, soul, ambivalence, Psyche, the world of the dead, chthonic depths

Abstract

The article attempts to look at L. Andreev's story “The Abyss” from a new angle: to trace the embodiment of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The author of the story, using certain linguistic means, appropriate localization, giving clear characteristics to the characters, leads the reader to the idea that Zinochka and Nemovetsky's walk is a journey into the afterlife, into the chthonic depths of their own consciousness. At the same time, we observe a change of roles: a young man acts as Eurydice, and a girl takes on the role of Orpheus. The failure of the journey, the inability to go out to the light is explained by the weakness of the hero, lack of will and moral degradation. The hero makes an attempt at moral revival, but the abyss finally consumes him.

Information about the author

Victor Viktorovich Gavrilov, Surgut State Pedagogical University

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Departament of Philological Education and Journalism, Faculty of Philology, Surgut State Pedagogical University (Surgut, Russia)

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Published

2023-11-29

How to Cite

[1]
Gavrilov В.В. 2023. ON QUESTION OF ORPHIC MOTIVES IN L. ANDREEV’S SHORT STORY “THE ABYSS”. Word. Text. Context. 3 (15) (Nov. 2023), 87–93. DOI:https://doi.org/10.26105/2023.15.3.002.

Issue

No. 3 (15) (2023): Word. Text. Context

Section

Critica letteraria

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