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The Analysis of Anna Akhmatova's "Wreath for the Dead" (Venok Mertvym) and "Secrets of Craft" (Tainy Remesla) Collections of Poetry

Student: Gostyusheva Olga

Supervisor: Evgenya Abelyuk

Faculty: Institute of Education

Educational Programme: Contemporary Philology in Literature Instruction at Secondary Schools (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2021

Topic of this research: Analysis of the lyric cycles of Anna Akhmatova "Wreath for the Dead" and "Secrets of the Craft". The work includes an introduction, three main chapters and a conclusion. The introduction deals with the role of the lyric cycle in the poetic system of A.A. Akhmatova, his evolution in the process of the poet's creativity. The cycles are considered from the point of view of compositional and content-linguistic features. In this work, we rely on the research of R.D. Timenchik, B.A. Katz, O. Ya. Glembotskoy, M.N. Darwin, L.G. Kihney, T.V. Tsivyan, A.V. Tagiltseva, O. N. Aminova, A.R. Kasimova and others. The purpose of the final qualifying work: analysis of the compositional and content-linguistic features of the late cycles of Anna Akhmatova "Wreath for the Dead" and "Secrets of the Craft". The purpose of the study involves solving a number of problems: - to reveal the peculiarities of the composition of these cycles; - to examine the features of poetic language at different levels: semantic, lexical, syntactic; - to explore ways of creating images of poets - heroes of the cycle "Wreath of the Dead"; -analyze sound images in the "Secrets of the Craft" cycle and their features; Object of research: poetic texts of Akhmatova, in particular, the texts of the lyric cycles "Wreath for the Dead" and "Secrets of Craft". Subject of research: principles of cyclical organization of the text and their linguistic representation. Research methods: observation of linguistic material; compositional analysis of a literary text; component and lexical-semantic analysis, work with biographical and historical-cultural material. The theoretical significance of the work: the analysis of the compositional and linguistic features of the texts will expand the understanding of the composition and content of the poems included in these cycles, clarify their role. Practical significance: the research results can be used in the work in the field of philological analysis of the text, in the process of studying the work of Anna Akhmatova in literature lessons in high school. Chapter 1.1 "The Problem of the Lyric Cycle" examines the problem of the emergence and development of the lyric cycle in Russian poetry of the 19th - early 20th centuries, the question of classification, types, theoretical definition in literary criticism. The main characteristics of the lyric cycle are also given. Chapter 1.2 "Methodology for analyzing the lyric cycle" provides a way to analyze the lyric cycle: - definition of the theme of the work; - identification of the figurative structure and the main motives of the work; - identifying the features of the composition and plot of the entire cycle and individual poems; - analysis of the cycle's poems at phonetic, lexical, syntactic, rhythmic levels. In chapter 2 “Analysis of the cycle by A.A. Akhmatova "Wreath for the Dead" analyzes the compositional features of this cycle, as well as explores ways of creating images of poets - the main characters of the cycle. In chapter 3 "Analysis of the lyric cycle of A. Akhmatova" Secrets of the Craft "" we consider the cycle "Secrets of the Craft", relating to the late period of Anna Akhmatova's work. As noted earlier, in the 1940-60s, the theme of poet and poetry, the theme of creativity came to the fore. Akhmatova seems to be summing up her work, which is embodied in the book "The Run of Time", first published in 1965. In paragraph 1 “Analysis of the composition of the lyric cycle“ Secrets of the Craft ”, studies of the compositional features of the cycle and the analysis of individual poems included in the cycle are presented. In paragraph 2 “The sound world of the cycle“ Secrets of the Craft ”an attempt is made to consider the sound world of individual poems of the cycle“ Secrets of the Craft ”(“ Creativity ”,“ Poet ”,“ He probably wants a lot more ... ”). The analysis of acoustic images of poems is given and the connection of these images with the experiences of the lyrical subject is considered, taking into account the research of R.D. Tymenchik and B.A. Katz. The conclusion contains conclusions and generalizations from the research data. The list of literature used in the work includes 43 names of sources.

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