The article is devoted to the motive approach to the analysis of a symbolist text. The revealing of the leading motives (an animal, playing, a mask, light, madness) allows to understand not only the laws of the structural organization of a symbolist drama, but also the author's relation to the certain period of Russian history.
How to cite:
Glinkina N.A. of the motive analysis of a symbolist drama (on the example of the drama by D.Merezhkovsky «Paul The First») // Journal of Mining Institute. 2011. Vol. 193 . p. 161.