The cyclization of the late prose of Ivan Bunin: the author’s changes and censorship

Abstract

The aim of this research is to implement the phenomenological analysis in order to define the logic of the author's stories cyclization of the 20-50-s, an essential feature of which is a combination of opposing existential experiences. The author of the article proves that the writer’s selection of his works for the new cycles were made by determining the dominant narrative, which gave the impetus to understanding the other texts. Thus, the writer radically changed the title of the first collection – «Rose of Jericho» to «Spring in Judea», respectively – the dominant character. Separately analyzed the contravention of the author's logic in the construction cycle «Dark Alleys», which becomes the semantic and compositional center in the works of Ivan Bunin acquires a tragic and deeply philosophical meaning.