FORM AND CONTENT: THE ESSENCE OF BEAUTY IN THE WORKS OF BORIS PASTERNAK

The article deals with the conceptual idea of beauty in the works of Boris Pasternak in the aspect of the ratio of form and content. The analysis is based on the lyrics of B. Pasternak, “Safe Conduct” and the novel “Doctor Zhivago”. Revealing the specifics of the poet’s interpretation of beauty actu...

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Published: Ural State Pedagogical University 2019-02-01
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description The article deals with the conceptual idea of beauty in the works of Boris Pasternak in the aspect of the ratio of form and content. The analysis is based on the lyrics of B. Pasternak, “Safe Conduct” and the novel “Doctor Zhivago”. Revealing the specifics of the poet’s interpretation of beauty actualizes a number of tasks. First, the psychological preconditions of perception of beauty, expressed in the artist’s sensitivity to the world, as well as in the feeling of guilt for the woman’s fate aggravated by suffering, are demonstrated. Secondly, the philosophical positions of the poet’s aesthetics are substantiated. It is said about the relative intersection of the philosophy of Henri Bergson and the artistic and philosophical ideas of Pasternak as a reflection of the cultural and historical “dialogue”, which is intuitive, not intentional. Third, the analysis of the characteristics of form and content in relation to the category of beauty reveals the opposition between “creating” (“forming”) beauty associated with “prolific” existence and “created” («formed») beauty correlating with “passive” waste of life. The discovery of beauty in a recognizable image gives impulsion to creative renewal, which enhances the vital potential and thus affirms the main value of the aesthetic principle. Fourthly, the author substantiates the interaction of the ethical and aesthetic categories in the works of B. Pasternak, and asserts the characteristic of beauty as a derivative of ontological categories (“power” of life), not axiological ones.
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spelling doaj.art-1e5983e0182d46d18c92eddc1e330b462023-05-31T04:44:17ZrusUral State Pedagogical UniversityФилологический класс2071-24052658-52352019-02-011 (55)11912410.26170/FK19-01-17FORM AND CONTENT: THE ESSENCE OF BEAUTY IN THE WORKS OF BORIS PASTERNAKThe article deals with the conceptual idea of beauty in the works of Boris Pasternak in the aspect of the ratio of form and content. The analysis is based on the lyrics of B. Pasternak, “Safe Conduct” and the novel “Doctor Zhivago”. Revealing the specifics of the poet’s interpretation of beauty actualizes a number of tasks. First, the psychological preconditions of perception of beauty, expressed in the artist’s sensitivity to the world, as well as in the feeling of guilt for the woman’s fate aggravated by suffering, are demonstrated. Secondly, the philosophical positions of the poet’s aesthetics are substantiated. It is said about the relative intersection of the philosophy of Henri Bergson and the artistic and philosophical ideas of Pasternak as a reflection of the cultural and historical “dialogue”, which is intuitive, not intentional. Third, the analysis of the characteristics of form and content in relation to the category of beauty reveals the opposition between “creating” (“forming”) beauty associated with “prolific” existence and “created” («formed») beauty correlating with “passive” waste of life. The discovery of beauty in a recognizable image gives impulsion to creative renewal, which enhances the vital potential and thus affirms the main value of the aesthetic principle. Fourthly, the author substantiates the interaction of the ethical and aesthetic categories in the works of B. Pasternak, and asserts the characteristic of beauty as a derivative of ontological categories (“power” of life), not axiological ones.https://filclass.ru/en/archive/2019/1-55/form-and-content-the-essence-of-beauty-in-the-works-of-boris-pasternakrussian literaturebeautyethicsaestheticsrussian writersliterary creativity
spellingShingle FORM AND CONTENT: THE ESSENCE OF BEAUTY IN THE WORKS OF BORIS PASTERNAK
Филологический класс
russian literature
beauty
ethics
aesthetics
russian writers
literary creativity
title FORM AND CONTENT: THE ESSENCE OF BEAUTY IN THE WORKS OF BORIS PASTERNAK
title_full FORM AND CONTENT: THE ESSENCE OF BEAUTY IN THE WORKS OF BORIS PASTERNAK
title_fullStr FORM AND CONTENT: THE ESSENCE OF BEAUTY IN THE WORKS OF BORIS PASTERNAK
title_full_unstemmed FORM AND CONTENT: THE ESSENCE OF BEAUTY IN THE WORKS OF BORIS PASTERNAK
title_short FORM AND CONTENT: THE ESSENCE OF BEAUTY IN THE WORKS OF BORIS PASTERNAK
title_sort form and content the essence of beauty in the works of boris pasternak
topic russian literature
beauty
ethics
aesthetics
russian writers
literary creativity
url https://filclass.ru/en/archive/2019/1-55/form-and-content-the-essence-of-beauty-in-the-works-of-boris-pasternak