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Prozorov V. V. The Motive of Absentmindedness and the Parisian Theme in A. P. Chekhov’s Comedy «The Cherry Orchard». Izvestiya of Saratov University. Philology. Journalism, 2015, vol. 15, iss. 2, pp. 48-51. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18500/1817-7115-2015-15-2-48-51

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Literary criticism

Language:

Russian

The Motive of Absentmindedness and the Parisian Theme in A. P. Chekhov’s Comedy «The Cherry Orchard»

The rich motive of absentmindedness that pervades the last comedy by A. P. Chekhov «The Cherry Orchard» is regarded in this article from the perspective of the Parisian theme forbidden in the household and closely related to innermost passionate anxieties of Lyubov Andreevna Ranevskaya.

Authors:

Prozorov

Valeriy

Vladimirovich

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Saratov State University

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Russia, 410012, Saratov, Astrakhanskaya street, 83

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prozorov@sgu.ru

Key words:

A. P. Chekhov, comedy, «The Cherry Orchard», motive of absentmindedness, Lyubov Andreevna Ranevskaya, Parisian theme.