Začeki avtobiografskosti v zahodni Evropi in Rusiji : (na primerih Avguštinovih Izpovedi in Žitja protopopa Avvakuma)

slovenian

2005

volume 28, issue 1

literature 

Slovensko društvo za primerjalno književnost
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

The Beginnings of Autobiographical Writing in Western Europe and Russia. The study explores the early stages of the autobiographical genre, taking as examples two works from different time and cultural frames, Augustine's Confessions and The Life of the Archpriest Avvakum. Because both works are crucial for the consequent development of autobiography, the study compares the genre, linguistic, textual and thematic characteristics of the two works, and pays special attention to the relationship of the author to himself, the recipient, and the world in general. On the basis of the similarities in the thinking of the two authors, conclusions are inferred regarding the birth of a new type of self-awareness and mode of expression, which signifies an important shift in the development of literature and human (cultural) consciousness in general.

20.06.2012