“Dialogue with a reader” representation in Russian female poetry: end of XVIII - beginning of XIX century

A study of the dialogue, dialogue poetics, and its modification in literature is gaining significance. The problem of dialogue representation in lyrics remains poorly studied, and first of all, in the works created at the turn of the XVIII and XIX centuries. The category “representation of the dialogue” is understood as a phenomenon of the dialogue represented by its realization and functioning in poetic texts. The purpose of the article is to analyze different forms of the dialogue with the reader using lyrics and poems of the little-known female poets of 1770-1820: Ye. Urusova, A. Zhukova, Ye. Dolgorukova, A. Turchaninova, Ye. Kheraskova. Special attention is paid to the literary heritage of Ye. Kheraskova, where such type of a dialogue is widely represented. The key objectives are the following: detection of the dialogue with a reader in female poetry of the XVIII-XIX centuries, perscrutation of the theme, image of the addressee, and of the lyrical character. Conclusions on the unique nature of the phenomenon “dialogue with a reader” represented in female lyrics of 1770-1820 are drawn. Poetry of female poets of that period combines features of both internal and external dialogue. Moreover, under the influence of the theme, a “dialogue with a reader” in female poetry of the period is often transformed into educational or meditative one. It has also been revealed that inclusion of the “dialogue with a reader” into the lyrics of women-poets of 1770-1820s impacts the genre nature of their works and contributes to the development of new themes.