THE TSAR'S PRAYER IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE DRAMA "BORIS GODUNOV": ANCIENT RUSSIAN TEXT IN THE ARTISTIC CONSCIOUSNESS OF ALEXANDER PUSHKIN |
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| 2024 |
| scientific article | 82 | ||
| 22-31 | А.С. Пушкин, трагедия «Борис Годунов», пушкинский историзм, Пушкин и древнерусская литература, Пушкин и Карамзин, A.S. Pushkin, the tragedy "Boris Godunov", Pushkin, ’s historicism, Pushkin and ancient Russian literature, Pushkin and Karamzin |
| This article considers a translation of an ancient Russian text of the tsar's prayer in Alexander Pushkin’s drama "Boris Godunov". Poetic text from Pushkin's tragedy is compared with an ancient Russian source and a retelling of a prayer in Nikolai Karamzin's work "The History of the Russian State". Godunov introduced the prayer with a political purpose of strengthening and sacralizing his power, a fact that is emphasized by the playwright. Analysis of a prayer's binary structure reveals a relation "the king of the earth - the King of Heaven". Likewise, we consider the place of a prayer for the tsar in the context of the scene "Moscow. The House of Shuisky", the internal development of which anticipates the development of the main conflict and the finale of the drama. Intertextual connections of the scene with the tsar’s prayer in the Shuisky house and other episodes with prayers (prayer for the sovereign in Pimen's monologue in scene "Night. The cell in the Chudov Monastery", a story about a miracle after a prayer at the grave of the tsarevich in "The Tsar's Duma" and Boris' dialogue with fool Nikolka in the scene "The Square in front of the Cathedral in Moscow") is understood in accordance with the religious meaning and purpose, and significance of these scenes for the images of Boris Godunov and Prince Vasily Shuisky is identified. Image of Vasily Shuisky in 31 these scenes is revealed in the light of further historical incidents that were not included in the direct stage action, but included in the content of the tragedy through provisions referring to further events and contextual connection with a final remark. Finally, the prayer for the tsar is examined in the context of the culture of 19th century and the parallels between Boris Godunov and Russian Emperor Alexander I. This analysis of the tsar’s prayer in the structure of the play deepens the understanding of the religious and historical content of Pushkin's work |
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