Document Type : Research Paper
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This article examines and analyzes the image of women in Ivan Bunin’s poetry during the early years of the twentieth century, with a focus on the representation of both particular women (archetypal, mythical, symbolic) and ordinary Eastern women. The analyses show that in these poems, women transcend physical beauty and delicacy, becoming symbols of emotion, vitality, power, and the mythopoetic spirit of the East. They are sometimes depicted as innocent and tender, at other times as seductive and powerful, and their presence is deeply interwoven with nature and the surrounding world. The research method is textual and comparative analysis, focusing on the language, imagery, and descriptive style of women to explore the role of myth and symbol in shaping space and meaning. The findings indicate that the presence of women in Bunin’s poetry goes beyond physical attraction, transforming them into symbols of myth, driving forces of life, and embodiments of human complexity. The representation of women, both as archetypes and as common figures, carries cultural, historical, and cross-cultural messages, reflecting the interplay of myth, symbol, and social reality in Bunin’s poetry. This study emphasizes that Bunin’s poetry, through the fusion of aesthetics, symbolic narrative, and mythological elements, presents a multilayered and dynamic image of women in harmony with nature and the surrounding world.
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