VOL. 55, BOOK 1, PART C, 2017, pp. 98 – 107 Full text (Fr)
Author: Kirill Chekalov
Affiliation: Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation
Abstract
The article is the first French-language essay on the creativity of a forgotten Russian-French writer, Sophie de Ségur’s niece Lidia Andreevna Rostopchina (1838-1915). The interaction of various literary traditions in her novels and dramaturgy is considered. Particular attention is paid to her writings “The Fading Starˮ, “Yvonne Three Starsˮ, “Irinaˮ and “Fidelity to Gontranˮ, as well as the connection of Rostopchina’s creativity with popular literature and romantic prose.
Key words: novel, fairy tale, romanticism, realism, paraliterature, saynète, Mikhailovsky Theatre
