Representation of Moscow in the Series of Essays "Moscow and Muscovites" by M.N. Zagoskin

Student: Levanova Ekaterina

Supervisor: Ekaterina Lyamina

Educational Programme: Philology (Bachelor)

Final Grade: 9

Year of Graduation: 2018

The bachelor thesis is devoted to the analysis of the image of Moscow in a series of essays "Moscow and Muscovites" (Zagoskin, M., 1842-1850). The author reconstructs the historical and literary context of the work, analyzing the texts of various genres: guides to Moscow, memoirs written by foreigners; professional historical works about Moscow, as well as fragments of some literary texts of Russian writers, which reflect the "Moscow" theme. In order to determine the problems which Zagoskin outlines in his work, the cycle of essays "Moscow and Muscovites" is also considered in the context of the biography, creativity and writer’s views. In this paper, four volumes of Zagoskin's work are considered in terms of the way of representation of Moscow and the characteristics of urban space.

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