The Kore archetype and its implementation in the play by A.N. Ostrovsky “The Storm”
https://doi.org/10.20310/2587-6953-2020-6-23-521-529
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Abstract
We analyze the implementation specific of the Kore archetype, introduced by C.G. Jung and K. Kerenyi, in relation to the image of Katerina, the main heroine of the play “The storm” by A.N. Ostrovsky. The main focus is on the archetype of Katherine’s image. In the process of research, comparative typological, historical, biographical and interpretive methods are used. Due to the analysis of the works of V.V. Toporova, E.M. Meletinsky, N.A. Berdyaev, T. Eliot and others, Katerina’s involvement in the Kore archetype is revealed. We investigate the specific situation of Katerina’s life in the Kabanov family: dependence on circumstances forces the heroine to commit adultery in order to find female happiness. We prove that Katerina’s image created by
A.N. Ostrovsky and actualizing the most pressing problems of the modern playwright of society, is typical for Russian literature of the Golden age in social and psychological terms. A detailed study of the main character’s image allows us to come to the conclusion that the illusory feeling and the subsequent doom to suffer reproduce the stable image of a Russian woman, ready for love, but receiving nothing in return. The results of this study may be interesting to everyone who is interested in the work of A.N. Ostrovsky and archetypes in Russian literature of the 19th century.
Supporting agencies: The thematic literature analysis, work with literary sources and the literary text analysis within the framework of the stated topic is carried out with the direct assistance of Doctor of Philology V.N. Krivolapov and Doctor of Philology V.A. Cherkasov, for which we express special gratitude.
About the Author
K. V. Smirnov
College of Communication and Information Technology
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Kirill V. Smirnov, Candidate of Philology, Lecturer of Russian Language, Literature and Philosophy
42 Pervomayskaya St., Vologda 160000, Russian Federation
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Smirnov K.V. The Kore archetype and its implementation in the play by A.N. Ostrovsky “The Storm”. Neophilology. 2020;6(23):521-529. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.20310/2587-6953-2020-6-23-521-529. EDN: SFFCHS
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