CYCLICAL CONCEPT OF HISTORY "THRACIAN ELEGIES" V.G. TEPLYAKOVA
The article describes the cyclical conception of history on an example of the V.G. Teplyakov’s elegiac cycle, who was one of the poets of Pushkin’s era. The basis of the poetic cycle “Thracian Elegies” is the nature-like cyclical conception of history, which based on the likening history of the human race to the cyclical history of nature. The Teplyakov’s lyric character moves from the understanding of historical patterns and processes towards the depiction of modernity. The beginning and the end of his wanderings are linked. The returning of the lyric character to the homeland is the completion of a particular journey and the new beginning at the same time. The article also draws a parallel between the approaches of Pushkin and Teplyakov in understanding the history and personality of the poet Ovid.