От романтичного к смешному: изменение претекста в повести Уильяма Теккерея «Рейнская легенда»

Вестник Санкт-Петербургского университета. Серия 9. Филология. Востоковедение. Журналистика. 2017. № 1. С. 40–48.

Tulyakova N. A.

The article compares the text of A Legend of the Rhine by Thackeray and Othon l’archer by Dumas, père, which was used as a pretext by Thackeray. Among the identified compositional differences between the texts the most significant one is the absence of the embedded tale of the Swan knight, a variation of Lohengrin legend, in “A Legend of the Rhine.” The reasons for Thackeray’s omitting this tale are analysed, the first one being the necessity to simplify the text from the cultural and psychological perspectives in order to make a burlesque out of it. Another reason was a more complicated system of narrative voices used by Thackeray compared to Dumas’ novel, which did not allow the English writer to introduce another narrator. Next, the embedded tale in Othon l’archer heightened the verisimilitude of the embedding text, whereas Thackeray emphasized the fictionality of his tale. Finally, the narrative centre was moved by Thackeray from the dramatic episode to the comic one (the legend of Windeck castle).

Keywords: традиция, пародия, Уильям Теккерей, Александр Дюма, бурлеск, текст в тексте