GEORGY IVANOV’S "THE ATOM’S DECOMPOSITION" AS A POSTSCRIPT TO THE PUSHKIN DAYS OF 1937 IN RUSSIAN EMIGRÉ
The article investigates the circumstances of G. Ivanov’s “The Atom’s Decomposition” cretion and some tenors of this innovatory work unvalued by its contemporaries. While analyzing the “Pushkin’s tenor”, the author of the article fnds out that “The Atom’s Decomposition” is a direct response to the 100th anniversary of Pushkin’s death which was widely celebrated by Russian emigre in 1937. On the basis of the intertextual analysis the author of the article makes a conclusion that “The Atom’s Decomposition” is a result of G. Ivanov’s debate with the authors whose works were dedicated to Pushkin’s role in Russian culture. It is noted that Ivanov’s work is the refection of the author’s personality crisis state and his aesthetic creed in 1920s-1930s. The author of the article considers that the intrinsic meaning of Ivanov’s “poem in prose” could be understood and interpreted properly in case all these circumstances are taken into consideration.