Byron’s Letters and Journals and Lermontov’s "A Hero of Our Time": Intertextual Links
The article is dedicated to the problem of influence exerted by «Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: with Notices of His Life» upon Lermontov’s«A Hero of Our Time». The research is based on the combination of the structural method and intertextual analysis. The author singles out textual parallels and differences between Lermontov’s and Byron’s texts, revealing the specific features of Lermontov’s style in relation to Byron’s style.