Genre Dynamics of the "Mourning" Ode by G. R. Derzhavin
The article considers the part of G.R. Derzhavin's poetic heritage that has enjoyed scarce scholarly attention, i.e. a particular modification of the ode genre, for convenience named <i>mourning ode</i> in the article. The researcher's object of attention is a group of Derzhavin's poems written following the deaths of some of his contemporaries. The reason for singling out the mourning ode as a genre is its peculiar purpose, seeking to declare the poet's ontological views on the categorial notion of <i>death</i> in its general and particular expression.