„The Text Was Considered Miraculous”. Magic Words in Pasternak’s „Doctor Zhivago”
| dc.contributor.author | Stanton, Rebeca Jane | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-29T10:42:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-29T10:42:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In Doctor Zhivago, Pasternak brings scientific and political discourses into dialogue with magical ones. In an emblematic episode, two soldiers from opposing sides each wear a protective amulet containing the „miraculous” text of the 90th Psalm. One dies; one survives. While this discrepancy is easily traced to scientific and socioeconomic causes, the episode is designed to foreground the least rational explanation: that done right, magic actually works. Embodying Pasternak’s interest in the interrelationships among science, politics, poetry, and magic, the textual amulet is especially significant because it represents a magical power that is reserved for words. This article finds that Pasternak’s novel contains numerous examples of such efficacious „magical” texts – from the Gospels to peasant songs, from political slogans to Zhivago’s poems – and argues that reading Doctor Zhivago by the light of these „magic words” yields insights into the aesthetics and design of the novel. | pl_PL |
| dc.identifier.citation | Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 2013, nr 4, s.165–176 | pl_PL |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-83-232-2525-6 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2084-3011 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10593/6336 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | pl_PL |
| dc.publisher | Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM | pl_PL |
| dc.subject | Pasternak | pl_PL |
| dc.subject | Doctor Zhivago | pl_PL |
| dc.subject | magic | pl_PL |
| dc.subject | politics | pl_PL |
| dc.subject | poetics | pl_PL |
| dc.subject | fairy tale | pl_PL |
| dc.subject | socialist realism | pl_PL |
| dc.title | „The Text Was Considered Miraculous”. Magic Words in Pasternak’s „Doctor Zhivago” | pl_PL |
| dc.type | Artykuł | pl_PL |