Existential concepts of F. I. Tyutchev's poetry in the context of the relationship between man and nature

Russian poet F. I. Tyutchev's work is examined through the prism of the religious direction of existential philosophy of S. Kierkegaard and K. Jaspers, in whose poems the author of the article discovers many existential concepts underlying the philosophical perception of nature by the Russian poet. The author of the article claims that Tyutchev in his work seeks not so much to show the beauty of nature as to present his views on the universe, the laws governing it and man, to highlight issues concerning human existence, the secrets of which the poet seeks to know through the world of nature. Nature is a proof of the existence of God, and the knowledge of it is synonymous with the desire for self-knowledge. Thus, Tyutchev's “landscape lyrics” are rather existential lyrics. The author of the article comes to the conclusion that the tragic fate of man in Tyutchev's lyrics is consonant with the theme of tragedy in the works of the founder of existentialism S. Kierkegaard, who painted gloomy pictures of human existence in despair and tragedy. Kierkegaard's existentialism assumed that human existence is a process of constant becoming, therefore a person must develop, seek his place, strive for authenticity. However, the development of personality, which is the transformation into a personality, is paid for by a sense of the tragedy of human existence. Man remains alone in the face of the dangers and mysteries of the universe. The harmony of the relationship between man and nature is destroyed, and man again strives to merge into one with nature, but this aspiration causes renunciation of his individuality, renunciation of his own «I».