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The female images in Hoffmann's The Serapion Brethren novella cycle
The female images in E. T. A. Hoffmann's cycle "The Serapion brethren" are compared to those traditional for German romanticism. The author emphasises the general romantic features of the female image and traces its evolution from the classical to ironical ...
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The woman as seen by a man in modern Russian chanson
This article reconstructs the image of a woman as presented in Russian modern chanson. The author identifies two female images – the mother and the lover. The image of the mother has hardly changed over the last seventy years. The image of the lover has inversed: earlier, she played with the man, now she is his plaything. Female images are analysed from the perspective ...
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A woman as seen by a man in modern Russian chanson
... self-perception as opposed to the way she is presented in chanson by a man. Such original features include a greater number of details in the ‘self-portrait’, orientation towards the male psychological models of perceiving reality, and the use of an image of an ageing woman. Love and at the same time freedom are presented as a woman’s basic life values, which is indicative of changes in the female gender perception in the modern Russian society.
1. Амбарцумов И. Русский шансон. Русский рок. Русская судьба. 2010. URL: http:/www.polemics.ru/articles/?articleID=14113&hideText=0&itemPage=2 (дата ...
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Image of Princess Olga in K.Ryleyev’s DUMA: hagiographical reference points
... Olga is always guided by a moral imperative. This antithesis is the main artistic means, and the cornerstone of the plot. The analysis of the main characters shows that Princess Olga, the ruler of the Russian land, is the epitome of the ideal Russian female character. The authors conclude that there are hagiographical references in depicting her image.
1. Вацуро В. Э. К изучению «Дум» К. Ф. Рылеева // Избранные труды. Статьи разных лет. 1964—1999. М., 2004. С. 83—102.
2. Даль В. И. Толковый словарь живого ...
