Week 2: Russian Symbolism and the Turn from Realism
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April 30
Session II:
Poetry and scholarship of Valery Bryusov and Konstantin Balmont;
From Repin to Vrubel: a transformation in painting
Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe and their performance of Stravinsky’s “Petrushka”
Questions for discussion:
Andrei Bely on Symbolism.pdfThis essay, "Symbolism and Contemporary Russian Art" by Andrei Bely, and the essay below, "Keys to the Mysteries" by Valery Bryusov, discuss how each of these poets view Symbolism as a movement: their influences, aesthetic intentions, rebukes of the recent past, and spiritual connections to their creativity.
Bryusov - Keys to the Mysteries.pdfbalmont_bryusov_merged.pdfFour poems:
"I came into this world to see the Sun" and "I am the refinement of Russian sluggish utterance" by Konstantin Balmont and "Dagger" and "To the Poet" by Valery Bryusov.
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