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This study offers a 21st-century analysis of the poetics of Artyom Vesely’s novel Russia, Washed in Blood, a major work of 20th-century Russian literature. The author, Valentina Perfilova, explores how the novel’s fragmented composition embodies the chaotic revolutionary spirit of the Civil War era. The analysis reveals that the novel’s coherence and integrity are found through its categories of time and space, presenting the text as a dynamic reality that reflects the inevitable, tragic trajectory of the revolutionary tide.
Perfilova examines the poetics of the novel’s titles and epigraphs, linking them to biblical and folkloric traditions. The antinomy of mythopoetic imagery is shown to construct a “frame” text that functions as a holistic artistic system, expressing Vesely’s folk-poetic worldview. The study also investigates the novel’s sound organization, particularly in its titles and epigraphs, positioning the work as an experimental piece that recreates the tragic auditory landscape of the revolution and Civil War.
A highlight is the historical and local history aspect, which analyzes events from the novel’s third part, set in the Volga region and the town of Melekess during the “Chapan” uprising. This work provides a deep, scholarly look at Vesely’s linguistic and structural experimentation.
