Prikhodko I. S. Alexander Blok’s Shakespeare

(The Institute of World Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences)

Abstract ♦ The article dwells on Shakespeare’s role and significance for A. Blok’s original works. It is concentrated on Shakespearean motifs in his lyrics with an accent on Hamlet’s psychological complex in Blok’s lyrical persona; it also presents Blok’s interpretation of the tragedies “Othello”, “King Lear” and “Macbeth”; of special importance is the question of Shakespeare’s theatre as it has influenced Blok’s theatrical theory.

Keywords: W. Shakespeare, A. Blok, Hamlet’s psychological complex, lyrical persona, drama, tragedy, mystery-play, the world’s a stage, mask, theatricalization, mythologization.

Prikhodko Irina Stepanovna, Doctor of Philology, Professor, Leading Research Associate, Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Chair of the Blok Committee, the Deputy Chair of the Shakespeare Committee (Scientific Council of the RAS “The History of World Culture”). Tel.: +7 (495) 690-50-30. E-mail: irina-pis@yandex.ru

Citation: Prikhodko, I. S. (2013) Shekspir Aleksandra Bloka [Alexander Blok’s Shakespeare]. Znanie. Ponimanie. Umenie, no. 4, pp. 139–145. (In Russ.).

Submission date: 5.05.2013.

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