Trends in the poetry of the Silver Age as a reflection of socio-historical paradigms in Russia at the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century

Abstract

The subject of this study is the interconnection between the poetry of the Silver Age and the historical events in Russia at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century. The article examines literary styles such as symbolism, acmeism, and futurism. It includes excerpts from the works of specific poets who represent the aforementioned directions in the poetry of the Silver Age. Special attention is paid to how historical upheavals, revolutionary events, the crisis of traditional values, and changes in public consciousness reflected in the themes, imagery, and style of the works of representatives of these directions. The material for the research consists of individual poems by A. Blok, V. Bryusov, N. Gumilev, A. Akhmatova, S. Gorodetsky, V. Mayakovsky, I. Severyanin, and A. Kruchenykh. The analysis of these works allows us to trace how poetic creativity expressed the spiritual searches, historical expectations, anxieties, and hopes of contemporaries. The methodological basis of the article is a historical-literary approach that allows for the comparison of the works of poets from each of the mentioned directions with the historical events occurring in Russia during that time. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the correlation and connection of the foundations for the emergence of each literary style in the poetry of the Silver Age with socio-historical events in Russia at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries. As a result of the conducted research, it has been revealed that the emergence of literary styles such as symbolism, acmeism, and futurism is associated with historical events and transformations taking place in the country. The article provides examples from the poems of individual authors from each direction. These works demonstrate the experiences, hopes, and moods of contemporaries. During the analysis, it becomes evident that the stylistic features and tasks of the poetry of the Silver Age also shaped by socio-historical factors in Russia.