From Prophecy to Parody: Shamakha in the Russian Romantic Imagination

dc.contributor.advisorHokanson, Katya
dc.contributor.authorJalilov, Murad
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-18T19:33:33Z
dc.date.available2019-09-18T19:33:33Z
dc.date.issued2019-09-18
dc.description.abstractThis thesis seeks to explore the role of the Azerbaijani city of Shamakha and the image of its ruler, the Shamakhan Queen in Pavel Katenin’s "Kniazna Milusha" and Alexander Pushkin’s "Skazka o Zolotom Petushke". In order to interpret these works, it is important to look at the prophetic topos as outlined in Harsha Ram’s book in the Imperial Sublime and see how it was applied to Pushkin’s previous work "Kavkazkii Plennik", which I argue, is being parodied in Katenin’s "Kniazhna Milusha" and takes place in Shamakha, changing the prophetic topos as a result. Pushkin, on the other hand, considers "Kniazhna Milusha" as a literary challenge and writes "Skazka o Zolotom Petushke" as a response, where the character of the Shamakhan Queen reappears and is much more sinister than in "Kniazhna Milusha". Pushkin is successful in inverting the prophetic topos and making it somewhat "demonic" as a result.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/24960
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectCaucasusen_US
dc.subjectprophetic toposen_US
dc.subjectPushkinen_US
dc.subjectRussian Literatureen_US
dc.subjectShamakhan Queenen_US
dc.subjectSkazka o Zolotom Petushkeen_US
dc.titleFrom Prophecy to Parody: Shamakha in the Russian Romantic Imagination
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineRussian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Program
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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