Abstracts
Abstract
The present article is a modest introduction to a larger theme that analyzes the use of music as text in the plays, short stories and novels of Mixail Bulgakov. The important contribution of Juri Lotman’s theoretical work on artistic space, the semiosphere, and the role of incorporating “texts within texts” (текст в тексте) is fundamental to our explication of the process of understanding Bulgakov’s use of music as text in a variety of its manifestations, resulting in an integrated and full-bodied textual structure that generates meanings critical to the works in which it is embedded. This analysis will focus on defining what “music as text” is for Bulgakov and specifically consider the use of music in the play, Zoya’s Apartment (Зойкина квартира).
Keywords:
- Bulgakov,
- Music as Text,
- Culture Text,
- Lotman,
- Zoya’s Apartment
Résumé
Cet article est une modeste introduction à une problématique de recherche plus vaste qui porte sur la “mise en texte” de la musique dans l’oeuvre littéraire et théâtrale de Mikhaïl Boulgakov. Ce projet s’inspire des travaux de Juri Lotman, dont les contributions sur l’espace artistique, la sémiosphère, et sur les rapports d’intégration textuelles (intégration d’un texte au sein d’un autre texte), nous aident à bien cerner les différentes manifestations d’une “textualisation” de la musique chez Boulagakov. L’étude de ce phénomène permet de mettre au jour une structure textuelle complexe alors que l’intégration de la musique ajoute une strate sémantique au texte qui l’accueille. Pour les fins du présent article nous portons notre attention sur la pièce L’appartement de Zoya.
Mots-clés :
- Bulgakov,
- musique comme texte,
- culture comme texte,
- Lotman,
- L’appartement de Zoya
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