Karamzin 's code in the novel by V. V. Sipovsky "The Journey of Erast Krutolobov"

• Main Author: Veselova A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University 2016-10-01
• Series: Слово.ру: балтийский акцент
• Subjects: n.m. karamzin; v.v. sipovsky; sentimental journey; russian literature xviii—xx century; sentimentalism; idealism
• Online Access: https://journals.kantiana.ru/eng/slovo/3579/9970/

The paper is analyzing the novel "The Journey Erastus Krutolobov..." (1929) by the Soviet and Russian philologist V. V. Sipovsky as a tool for explaining Sipovsky’s literary concepts. Emphasis is placed on Karamzin, who Sipovsky considered a key-figure for the Russian literature of the XVIII and XIX centuries. According to Sipovsky, Karamzin managed to combine different, sometimes opposing, literary trends. Sipovsky’s parodical novel illustrates the impact of literary struggle of idealism and realism of early XIXth century onto the public life and the role of Karamzin’s sentimentalism in the history of Russian literature.