Zoilus Versus Rifmokrad: About Literary Relations Between I. A. Krylov and Ya. B. Knyazhnin
Afanasyeva N.S.
2024Russian Academy of Sciences-A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature
Two Centuries of the Russian Classics
2024#6Issue 422 - 37 pp.
Re article examines the “literary behavior” of I. A. Krylov in relation to the famous playwright Ya.B.Knyazhnin and the image of a mediocre plagiarist Rifmokrad (Rhyme Rief) in the comedy “Pranksters” (1788). Ris character, who surprisingly closely resembled Knyazhnin, later appeared in Krylovs “Mail of Spirits” (1789) and then in the “Spectator” journal, which was published aSer Knyazhnins death. On the one hand, Krylovs attitude towards Knyazhnin directly reTects the confrontation between two literary circles that arose within the Sumarokov school, i. e., between Knyazhnin and Nikolev. It is not by chance that Krylov chooses Nikolevs comedy “Re Proud Poet” (1775) as a model for his “Pranksters.” On the other hand, Krylov also makes a literary attack against Knyazhnin in his journals, which continue the tradition of moralistic journals in the spirit of N.I.Novikov. Russian literature of the 18th century.
I.A.Krylov , literary argument , moralistic journal. , N.P.Nikolev , Russian literature of the 18th century , satirical comedy , Ya.B.Knyazhnin
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