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DOI 10.12887/34-2021-4-136-09



Anna KOŚCIOŁEK, On Andrey Muravyov’s ‘Reading’ of Venice


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The present study, using semiotic method, is an attempt to present the image of Venice in Pribavleniya k “Rimskim pis’mam” (1847) by Andrey Muravyov as a space experienced, felt, and also written down and thus preserved. The author seeks to demonstrate that, in his reflections, the Russian writer adopted the Orthodox perspective, pointing to the presence of the Byzantine heritage in Venice and emphasizing that Venice in a way exploited Constantinople. Although Muravyov thoroughly described the most characteristic places of the “pearl of the Adriatic,” as Venice was then called, simultaneously studying its peculiarities, he looked at them with the eye of a pilgrim rather than that of a tourist. The presentation of Muravyov’s image of Venice incorporates a specific ‘dictionary’ which can be reconstructed based on his works. The analyses are based on the semiotic theory put forward by Vladimir Toporov and on the concept of the city’s signature symbols, as proposed by Tat’yana Tsiv’yan, Muravyov’s descriptions of the characteristics of Venice are considered in relation to, respectively, the city’s landscape, its culture and symbols, and the stylistic devices he used.


Keywords: Muravyov, Constantinople, Venice, St. Mark’s Basilica, St. Mark, Orthodoxy, relics


Contact: Katedra Literatur Słowiańskich, Instytut Literaturoznawstwa, Wydział Humanistyczny, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, ul. Fosa Staromiejska 3, p. 313a, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
E-mail: Anna.Kosciolek@umk.pl
Phone: +48 56 6113598
https://www.human.umk.pl/wydzial/pracownicy/?id=628540



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  1. ISSN 0860-8024
  2. e-ISSN 2720-5355
  3. The Republic of Poland Ministry of Science and Higher Education Value: 100.00
  4. Quarterly “Ethos” is indexed by the following databases: EBSCO, CEEOL, Index Copernicus (ICV 2017: 55.26), Philosopher’s Index, ERIH Plus.
  5. DOI Prefix 10.12887