literary criticism

In the article on D.S. Merezhkovsky’s example the question on the nature and appointment of author’s prefaces to lifetime complete works of Russian writers is brought up. The author comes to a conclusion about genre similarity of the considered preface of D. S. Merezhkovsky to a confession and sermon.

The article is dedicated to the books:
«Образ мира, в слове явленный…» : сборник в честь 70-летия профессора Ежи Фарыно / Redakcija R. Bobryka, J. Urban, R. Mnicha. Siedlce, 2011. 668 с.
Текст в коммуникативном пространстве России : кол. монография / науч. ред. проф. Т. В. Чернышова и проф. А. А. Чувакин. Барнаул : Изд-во Алтайского ун-та, 2011. 337 с.
Проблемы речевой коммуникации : межвуз. сб. Саратов, 2011. Вып. 11. 192 с.
Язык СМИ : учеб. пособие / О. Б. Сиротинина, М. А. Кормилицына. Саратов, 2011. 96 с.

Journal Zavety (Covenants) focused primarily on Russian classical literature. The article considers several points of view on the personality and legacy of Chekhov that the journal offered to its readers; similar and controversial aspects are distinguished; the outline of the edition programme attitude to the writer is traced.