Motiv sna v pozdnej lirike M. Ju. Lermontova

Abstract

The article deals with the semantics of the words «dream» and «sleep» (in Russian they are presented by one stem «спать», «сон») in Lermontov’s poems of 1841. Displaying the results of statistical analysis the author classifies all the examples into three large groups which show the development of nominаtive (vocabulary) meaning of words «sleep» and «dream» into aesthetico-philosophical terms. The poem «Dream» is analyzed in detail. As a result, the author tries to define the exact symbolical meaning of the word «dream» in Lermontov’s lyrics and draws some parallels between his language and the language of Russian poetry of late XIX- early XX century.