Rozanov, Y. V. VASILY BELOV AND VICTOR ASTAFYEV: THE HISTORY OF THEIR PERSONAL AND CREATIVE RELATIONSHIPS // Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2020. Vol. 42. No 7. P. 72–77. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2020.527


Literary studies

VASILY BELOV AND VICTOR ASTAFYEV: THE HISTORY OF THEIR PERSONAL AND CREATIVE RELATIONSHIPS

Rozanov
Y. V. 		Vologda State University
Keywords:
Vasily Belov
Victor Astafyev
village prose
Vologda Writers’ Organization
journalism
biography
provincial text		 Summary: The article examines the dynamics of the relationships between outstanding Russian writers of the second half of the twentieth century V. I. Belov and V. P. Astafyev, reconstructed mainly on the basis of letters, memoirs, and little-known publications in periodicals. The internal (psychological) nature of their confl ict is analyzed for the fi rst time. This approach is increasingly relevant, because recently the scientifi c literature and journalism have been either politicizing the relationships between the writers or mythologizing them, making them seem nearly perfect. The analysis of the sources leads to the conclusion that from the typological perspective the writers’ relationships can be classifi ed as “frenmity” (a portmanteau of “fi endship” and “enmity”), which presupposes a certain internal plot. Its main stages are the following: mutual interest, soft patronage from the senior writer, a sense of spiritual affi nity, the fi rst signs of being disappointed in each other while maintaining external unity, enmity, regret on both sides about the disagreement, and individual statements about the intentions to restore old friendship.



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