The problematics of space in the ballads "Svetlana" by Zhukovsky and "Wedding Shirts" by Erben

This article analyses the ballads "Svetlana" by V. A. Zhukovsky and "Wedding Shirts" by K. J. Erben, the plot of which is derived from a famous poem by the German pre-Romantic poet Gottfried August Bürger. In analysing both works, we focus on the problem of spaciousness. Drawing...

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Main Author: Kryštof Peršín
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Language:Bulgarian
Published: Masaryk University 2025-02-01
Series:Opera slavica
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Online Access:https://journals.phil.muni.cz/opera-slavica/article/view/40488
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description This article analyses the ballads "Svetlana" by V. A. Zhukovsky and "Wedding Shirts" by K. J. Erben, the plot of which is derived from a famous poem by the German pre-Romantic poet Gottfried August Bürger. In analysing both works, we focus on the problem of spaciousness. Drawing on the conclusions of the Czech literary scholar Vojtěch Jirát, who considered Erben's ballads as an example of Czech Biedermeier, we try to show that the ideological plan of The Wedding Shirts is reflected in the way in which spaciousness is arranged in the ballad. Comparing it with the ballad "Svetlana", traditionally considered part of Russian Romanticism, we draw attention to the similarities in the ideological and spatial arrangement of both works.
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The problematics of space in the ballads "Svetlana" by Zhukovsky and "Wedding Shirts" by Erben
Opera slavica
ballad
spaciousness
romanticism
Biedermeier
Czech literature
Russian literature
title The problematics of space in the ballads "Svetlana" by Zhukovsky and "Wedding Shirts" by Erben
title_full The problematics of space in the ballads "Svetlana" by Zhukovsky and "Wedding Shirts" by Erben
title_fullStr The problematics of space in the ballads "Svetlana" by Zhukovsky and "Wedding Shirts" by Erben
title_full_unstemmed The problematics of space in the ballads "Svetlana" by Zhukovsky and "Wedding Shirts" by Erben
title_short The problematics of space in the ballads "Svetlana" by Zhukovsky and "Wedding Shirts" by Erben
title_sort problematics of space in the ballads svetlana by zhukovsky and wedding shirts by erben
topic ballad
spaciousness
romanticism
Biedermeier
Czech literature
Russian literature
url https://journals.phil.muni.cz/opera-slavica/article/view/40488
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