BYRON'S PROMETHEUS IN RUSSIAN TRANSLATIONS: ANCIENT MYTH DOUBLE TRANSFORMATION
Klimova Svetlana Borisovna
Nizhnii Novgorod State Linguistic University named after N. A. Dobrolyubov
Abstract. The article reveals one of the reasons of Byron's poetry magic influence through the analysis of the poem Prometheus motive structure and image-bearing system. In its ultimately limited poetic space the ancient plot meets with dramatic political reality, Christian-oriented moral and tragic world perception of post-revolutionary epoch. The article also tackles the peculiarities of Byron's text interpretation by Russian translators.
Key words and phrases: миф, мотивная структура, образная система, перевод, myth, motive structure, image-bearing system, translation
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