Poetic creativity of F.F. Filimonov in the context of the emerging Ural poetic culture of the turn of the 19th–20th centuries

INTRODUCTION. The analysis of the poetic creative works of F.F. Filimonov is presented. The aim of the study is to present the creative practice of the Russian provincial poet of the late 19th – early 20th centuries based on the example of life and creative path of F. Filimonov

MATERIALS AND METHODS. Comparative-historical method allows us to present the creative work of the author in a broad context of European poetic culture of that time. The creative tactic of the provincial writer who strives to establish himself not only as an author of verse feuilletons and a satirical poet, but also as a playwright, magazine editor, and newspaper publisher is traceable with the use of accomplishments of literature sociology.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. In the works of Filimonov some sustainable motifs characteristic of the poetic culture of the 19th century can be traced, such as friendship, love, nature, the focus on the “insulted and the inquired”, “mercy for the fallen”, and at the same time, the motifs of struggle, active transformation of the surroundings. They are used to practically influence the reader more effectively, implying changes in the current socio-cultural situation. Combining the poetic creative work with publicistic and dramaturgical practice serves for the same purpose.

CONCLUSION. The poetry of F. Filimonov (Heine from Irbit, Grandfather Thaddaeus) is considered in the context of Ural and Siberian literature at the turn of the century which is supposed to add to the history of the Russian literature of the stated period.