Nilova, A. Yu. RECEPTION OF ARISTOTLE’S “POETICS” IN WORKS OF A. S. PUSHKIN’S LYCEUM TEACHERS. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2024;46(1):76–81. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2024.994


Russian literature and literature of the peoples of the Russian Federation

RECEPTION OF ARISTOTLE’S “POETICS” IN WORKS OF A. S. PUSHKIN’S LYCEUM TEACHERS

Nilova
A. Yu. 		Petrozavodsk State University
Keywords:
Aristotle
N. F. Koshansky
A. I. Galich
“Poetics”
the formation of the Russian theory of literature
tragedy
catharsis		 Summary: The first half of the 19th century is the period of formation of Russian literary criticism. However, the works of theorists of significant period are practically not studied. This gap is especially significant when it is associated with teachers who have had a significant impact on the formation of literary concepts of several generations of philologists. The article describes the reception of the main provisions of Aristotle’s “Poetics” – the basis for the European literary theory of literary – in the works of the lyceum teachers N. F. Koshansky and A. I. Galich. It is noted that Aristotle was an absolute authority for these authors, however, the assimilation of the concept of the Greek philosopher took place in the context of its interpretation by European aesthetic theories. So Koshansky agrees with Aristotle that art gives pleasure and this idea supports the hedonistic theory of catharsis reflected in Koshansky’s work. Schellingian Galich develops the idea of German romanticism about fate as the main force opposing the hero of tragedy, and at the same time defends the classic rule of three unities, which is absent from Aristotle.



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