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“The Life of Father Vassily Fiveysky”: Textual Criticism and Poetics

  • Classification – name: Literary studies
  • Author: Mikhail V. Kozmenko
  • Pages: 545–558
  • Publisher: A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IWL RAS Publ.)
  • Rights – description: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 (СС BY-ND)
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  • Language of the publication: Russian
  • Type of document: Collection of articles
  • Collection: Not Vain Gift: On the Anniversary of Maria Viktorovna Mikhailova
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.22455/978-5-9208-0838-7-545-558
  • EDN:

    https://elibrary.ru/PKSMSK
  • Year of publication: 2026
  • Place of publication: Moscow

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  • Kozmenko, M.V. “‘The Life of Father Vassily Fiveysky’: Textual Criticism and Poetics.” Not Vain Gift: On the Anniversary of Maria Viktorovna Mikhailova, ex. eds. V.B. Zuseva-Özkan, E.V. Kuznetsova. Moscow, IWL RAS Publ., 2026, pp. 545–558 (In Russian) https://doi.org/10.22455/978-5-9208-0838-7-545-558

Information about the author:

Mikhail V. Kozmenko

Mikhail V. Kozmenko, PhD in Philology, Senior Researcher, A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Povarskaya 25 а, 121069 Moscow, Russia.

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ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1229-2210

Abstract:

The article attempts to establish the genesis of the numerous archival editions of Leonid Andreev’s novella “The Life of Father Vassily Fiveysky” and connect it with the evolution of the semantic architectonics of this landmark work (through changes in the character system, the dynamics of plot twists, and the metamorphosis of the image of the main character). In addition to traditional textual analysis, the author of this article uses the conceptual framework and tools of French genetic criticism.

Keywords: Leonid Andreev, “The Life of Father Vassily Fiveysky”, textual criticism, poetics, French genetic criticism, avant-texte. 

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