Spatial and temporal organization of the story of I.A. Bunin “Cold Autumn”

This article is an analysis of the chronotope in I.A. Bunins story Cold Autumn. From the point of view of the spatio-temporal organization, this text is built quite unusually: it is clearly divided into three parts, each of which has its own characteristic. Time in the story is presented non-linearl...

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Main Author: Zou Wenyao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2020-12-01
Series:RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism
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Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/viewFile/24295/18454
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description This article is an analysis of the chronotope in I.A. Bunins story Cold Autumn. From the point of view of the spatio-temporal organization, this text is built quite unusually: it is clearly divided into three parts, each of which has its own characteristic. Time in the story is presented non-linearly, it flows at different speeds - the description of one evening of characters is as detailed as possible and takes two-thirds of the story, and the rest of the heroines life is only one-third. In general, the story is built retrospectively and is focused on the memories of the heroine, therefore, many dates are given indirectly. The space in the story is based on the contrast between a detailed description of the estate and the locus of the house and an abstract enumeration of the heroines multiple movements abroad. This detailed description of the events taking place in Russia and the abstraction of space and time abroad may be related to the authors personal experience: Cold Autumn which was created in exile bears the imprint of Bunins longing and nostalgia for the lost Homeland. In this study, the spatio-temporal organization of the story Cold Autumn is fitted into the context of I.A. Bunins works and is also compared with the concept of the chronotope presented by B. Pasternak in the novel Doctor Zhivago.
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spelling doaj.art-3238dce376b0419bb5818549399162562022-12-22T00:04:10ZengPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism2312-92202312-92472020-12-0125226827610.22363/2312-9220-2020-25-2-268-27619131Spatial and temporal organization of the story of I.A. Bunin “Cold Autumn”Zou Wenyao0Lanzhou UniversityThis article is an analysis of the chronotope in I.A. Bunins story Cold Autumn. From the point of view of the spatio-temporal organization, this text is built quite unusually: it is clearly divided into three parts, each of which has its own characteristic. Time in the story is presented non-linearly, it flows at different speeds - the description of one evening of characters is as detailed as possible and takes two-thirds of the story, and the rest of the heroines life is only one-third. In general, the story is built retrospectively and is focused on the memories of the heroine, therefore, many dates are given indirectly. The space in the story is based on the contrast between a detailed description of the estate and the locus of the house and an abstract enumeration of the heroines multiple movements abroad. This detailed description of the events taking place in Russia and the abstraction of space and time abroad may be related to the authors personal experience: Cold Autumn which was created in exile bears the imprint of Bunins longing and nostalgia for the lost Homeland. In this study, the spatio-temporal organization of the story Cold Autumn is fitted into the context of I.A. Bunins works and is also compared with the concept of the chronotope presented by B. Pasternak in the novel Doctor Zhivago.http://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/viewFile/24295/18454“cold autumn”space and timei. buninb. pasternak“doctor zhivago”
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Spatial and temporal organization of the story of I.A. Bunin “Cold Autumn”
RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism
“cold autumn”
space and time
i. bunin
b. pasternak
“doctor zhivago”
title Spatial and temporal organization of the story of I.A. Bunin “Cold Autumn”
title_full Spatial and temporal organization of the story of I.A. Bunin “Cold Autumn”
title_fullStr Spatial and temporal organization of the story of I.A. Bunin “Cold Autumn”
title_full_unstemmed Spatial and temporal organization of the story of I.A. Bunin “Cold Autumn”
title_short Spatial and temporal organization of the story of I.A. Bunin “Cold Autumn”
title_sort spatial and temporal organization of the story of i a bunin cold autumn
topic “cold autumn”
space and time
i. bunin
b. pasternak
“doctor zhivago”
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