Поливанов К. "Доктор Живаго" как исторический роман

M. : Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie, 2024.

Polivanov K. M.

Under the general editorship: Т. Тимакова

When starting work on Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak repeatedly stressed that he wanted to capture the course of Russian History at the beginning of the 20th century. What reference points define the picture of the epoch in this novel? What sources did Pasternak use and who can be called the prototypes of the novel's characters? What examples of genre tradition did he rely on? Konstantin Polivanov's book is an attempt to reconstruct both the history of the idea of "Doctor Zhivago" and the process of formation of the writer's historiosophical views. The Author demonstrates Pasternak's work with historical material, analyzes the complex game with time and the poetics of anachronisms in the novel, marking the onset of the "years of timelessness" in post-revolutionary Russia. K. Polivanov focuses his attention on the book of poems by Zhivago, completing the novel, which, according to the researcher, overcome timelessness, restoring historical time. Like the novel behind these poems, they testify to the "freedom" that, despite everything, will inevitably come after

Keywords: исторический роман, Борис Пастернак, Russian poetry, historical novel, 20th century Russian literature, русская поэзия XX века, “Doctor Zhivago”, Русская литература 19 и 20 вв., "Доктор Живаго", B. L. Pasternak