THE “MYSTERIOUS TALES” OF I. S. TURGENEV AS A LITERARY CYCLE

This article is devoted to the analysis of certain stories by I. S. Turgenev in the context of their belonging to the so-called “Mysterious Tales” cycle. We conducted a review of studies on literary cycles and cyclization. Also, we discussed the composition of the proposed Turgenev cycle and its origins based on both existing analyses and our own observations. This work aims to justify the inclusion of the examined stories in an uncollected cycle. For the analysis, we applied the following methods: structural, comparative, and historical-literary. Based on our discussions, we concluded that the features and literary techniques in the selected stories and tales by I. S. Turgenev correspond to the criteria (overall atmosphere of the work, recurring motifs and images, use of fantastic and supernatural characters, etc.) that allow us to consider them a literary cycle.

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