Илона Светликова (Ilona Svetlikova)

Die Welt der Slaven, Jahrgang 67 (2022), Ausgabe 2, Seite 237 - 250

Andrej Belyj’s puns: The Ableuxov coat of arms

The Ableuxov coat of arms is constructed like a riddle based on puns. The meaning of the riddle and the way of its construction is to be regarded in connection with Belyj’s interest in Heraclitus, whose philosophy leaves its traces upon some of the motives of the novel, as well as its logical structure.

The article is written in Russian.

Варвара Кукушкина (Varvara Kukushkina), Илона Светликова (Ilona Svetlikova), Павел Юшин (Pavel Yushin)

Die Welt der Slaven, Jahrgang 65 (2020), Ausgabe 1, Seite 073 - 088

Scientific contexts of the “Fear of Stars”: A commentary on Andrej Belyj

Fear of stars was frequently expressed at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. It was rooted both in apocalyptic fears and in the rejection of modern cosmology current at that time. Besides, morbid fears, of great interest to the contemporary psychiatry, included the so-called “astraphobia”, fear of lightning, gradually re-interpreted as fear of stars, which contributed to the attention to the topic. All of these contexts have to be taken into account when commenting on Andrej Belyj’s “Sphynx” (1905) and “Second Symphony (Dramatical)” (1902).

The article is written in Russian.

Илона Светликова (Ilona Svetlikova)

Die Welt der Slaven, Jahrgang 63 (2017), Ausgabe 1, Seite 131 - 144