Журнал «Филоlogos»

RUSSIA IN "WATERCOLOR TONES" OF IVAN BUNIN AND BORIS ZAITSEV

Author: Lomakina S.A.

The article deals with the study of the mature creativity of I. Bunin and B. Zaitsev and the identification of common features in the image of their father's home, homeland, and Russia. The components of the writer's artistic worlds are considered in the aspect of spiritual and moral issues, which allows us to show the personal tragedy of the writers who left Russia, but retained their deep feeling for the Motherland and continued to serve it in the "message". This problem is relevant, since it is connected with the fact that the appeal in texts to the basics of spiritual life allows us to perceive the artistic search of the writers not immanently, but in the context of the ethical problem of the era. Special attention is paid to the works written in the 20-30s of the ХХ century. The research suggests that the artistic worlds of Zaitsev and Bunin have certain points of convergence: from friendly relations to addressing significant topics and problems of creativity. At the same time, all facets of creativity converge at one fundamental point - Russia in its vast space-time continuum. The study identified elements that contribute to achieving inner harmony: motives, images, actions. The author comes to the conclusion that the basis of the artistic worlds of Bunin and Zaitsev is represented by a person trying to comprehend the world around him and his purpose in it. He is not a fighter, does not seek to rebuild this world, but only an observer who gives his moral assessment of situations, events and the world itself. Both writers are in search of the conditions that ensure a harmonious human life with nature and the world in general and are necessary for understanding the three significant categories that determine the close connection of writers with Russia: kin-house-land.