| Titre | Еврейская Библия - закон, традиция или... ? Лев Лунц: Родина (1922) | |
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| Auteur | Zsuzsa Hetényi | |
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Revue | Cahiers du monde russe |
| Numéro | volume 39, no 4, octobre-décembre 1998 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Bible et poésie |
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| Page | 621-628 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Zsuzsa Hetényi, Is the Jewish Bible a law, a tradition, or... ? Lev Lunts' Rodina (1922). Lev Lunts' Rodina deals with the Russian-Jewish writer's double identity. Double structures such as the parallel between the two cities, St. Petersburg and Babylon, or the dialogue in the form of a debate between the two protagonists (doubles of the writers Lev Lunts and Veniamin Kaverin), show that duality is at the basis not only of the poem's content but of its form as well. The central chapter, a flashback, represents not only another temporal layer, but symbolizes the depths of consciousness. The protagonists descend into the depths of the collective consciousness of the Jews, a community as much in exile in Babylon as in St. Petersburg. Leva's split personality and moments of doubt allow him to travel through different time periods, whereas the unyielding and proud Venia remains in the past with no hope of returning to the present. This reveals the key to the author's narrative which ends, paradoxically, with a binary opposition describing St. Petersburg both as a home-town and a foreign place. Lunts draws on the Bible but does not stick to the facts of the Old Testament: his liberal interpretation of the Biblical text reflects his direct ties with tradition. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cmr_1252-6576_1998_num_39_4_2545 |
