Information about the authors:
Ksenia I. Morozova
Ksenia I. Morozova, PhD in Philology, Senior Lecturer, Department of Russian and Foreign Literature and Public Relations, Samara National Research University, Moskovskoye highway, 34, 443086 Samara, Russia.
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2911-5621
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Mikhail A. Perepelkin
Mikhail A. Perepelkin (Samara, Russia), DSc in Philology, Professor, Department of Russian and Foreign Literature and Public Relations, Academician S.P. Korolev Samara National Research University.
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6102-6947
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Abstract:
In the article the authors discuss some previously not analyzed contexts of the tale by A.N. Tolstoy The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino, associated with two of its characters — the organ-grinder papa Carlo and the Talking Cricket. Based on the hypothesis that both characters represent the old system of values and old morality, rejected by Buratino, the authors of the article argue that the figure of papa Carlo, first of all, represents the stepfather of the writer A.A. Bostrom, who tried to educate his stepson in the spirit of Narodnism views which were close to him. And the Talking Cricket is possibly a collective image, consisting of many like-minded people and associates close to A.A. Bostrom and the author’s mother — writer A.L. Tolstoy, among whom not the least one was A.K. Goldebaev (Semenov), a Samaraborn author of a number of stories. The revision of the parental circle views became an important stage in A.N. Tolstoy’s personal formation and creative development, and for his hero — a necessary step towards the acquisition of the Golden Key and the opportunities it opens up.