Ancient Greco-Roman meters and stanzas in Russian poetry: origin and development
The basis of the metrical repertoire of Russian poetry is made up of meters of ancient Greco-Roman origin, which came through the intermediary of German poetry. The basic stanzaic models also originated from there. Meters and stanzas transplanted directly from the ancient tradition are quantitative...
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The basis of the metrical repertoire of Russian poetry is made up of meters of ancient Greco-Roman origin, which came through the intermediary of German poetry. The basic stanzaic models also originated from there. Meters and stanzas transplanted directly from the ancient tradition are quantitatively marginal but are important from the point of view of self-evaluation of culture.
The article analyses the structure and functions of hexameter and the major ancient strophes, beginning with Church Slavonic quantitative hexameters and ending with the development of the basic form of hexameter in the early 19th century. At the same time, issues that were at the centre of the debate about Russian hexameter are considered: the problem of accentuation, spondee, and caesura.
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| spelling | doaj-art-14c4c2edea5542889bef3c29810922c22025-02-04T14:14:15ZengUniversity of Tartu PressStudia Metrica et Poetica2346-69012346-691X2024-12-0111210.12697/smp.2024.11.2.04Ancient Greco-Roman meters and stanzas in Russian poetry: origin and developmentMihhail Lotman0Department of Semiotics, University of Tartu, Jakobi 2, 51014 Tartu, Estonia The basis of the metrical repertoire of Russian poetry is made up of meters of ancient Greco-Roman origin, which came through the intermediary of German poetry. The basic stanzaic models also originated from there. Meters and stanzas transplanted directly from the ancient tradition are quantitatively marginal but are important from the point of view of self-evaluation of culture. The article analyses the structure and functions of hexameter and the major ancient strophes, beginning with Church Slavonic quantitative hexameters and ending with the development of the basic form of hexameter in the early 19th century. At the same time, issues that were at the centre of the debate about Russian hexameter are considered: the problem of accentuation, spondee, and caesura. https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/smp/article/view/24864a priori metricsa posteriori metricsgenerative approachhexameterChurch Slavonic hexameterRussian hexameter |
| spellingShingle | Mihhail Lotman Ancient Greco-Roman meters and stanzas in Russian poetry: origin and development Studia Metrica et Poetica a priori metrics a posteriori metrics generative approach hexameter Church Slavonic hexameter Russian hexameter |
| title | Ancient Greco-Roman meters and stanzas in Russian poetry: origin and development |
| title_full | Ancient Greco-Roman meters and stanzas in Russian poetry: origin and development |
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| title_short | Ancient Greco-Roman meters and stanzas in Russian poetry: origin and development |
| title_sort | ancient greco roman meters and stanzas in russian poetry origin and development |
| topic | a priori metrics a posteriori metrics generative approach hexameter Church Slavonic hexameter Russian hexameter |
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