"SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE WORKS OF M. BULGAKOV"
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chronotope, artistic space, artistic time, The White Guard, The Master and Margarita, literary analysis, Russian literature, cultural concept, spatiotemporal categories, M.M. Bakhtin, A.A. Ukhtomsky, philosophy of time and space, literary creativity.Abstract
The works of M. Bulgakov hold a significant place in the studies of Bulgakov scholars of the 20th and 21st centuries. This article focuses on the representation of artistic space and time (chronotope) in Bulgakov’s writings, particularly in The White Guard and The Master and Margarita. The concept of the chronotope, as a cultural category, plays a crucial role in understanding the spatial and temporal dimensions of his literary world. Drawing on the theoretical foundations laid by A.A. Ukhtomsky and M.M. Bakhtin, the study examines how the intertwining of time and space in Bulgakov’s texts reflects both the author’s worldview and the reader’s perception of reality. The literary chronotope, being a creative and conditional construct, transforms three-dimensional space into a multidimensional one, expanding and compressing in accordance with the narrative’s sequence and events.
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