Leonid Borodin in search of the third truth

• Published in: Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Language and Literature
• Main Author: Tsvetova, Natal’ia S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: St Petersburg State University 2021
• Subjects: L. I. Borodin; The Third Truth; hero-trickster; character series; civilizational choice; Borodin; Davydov; taiga
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu09.2021.404; http://hdl.handle.net/11701/35311

The article is devoted to the semantic structure and poetics of Leonid Borodin’s Novella The Third Truth. The author attempts a holistic reading of the work through the use of current methods of mythopoetic analysis. Attention is focused on the meaning of the name, on key artistic concepts and chara...