Representations of Western European emigration and emigrants in Soviet literature of the 1920s-1940s: stages of formation, genre-stylistic modes of embodiment

This paper presents the findings of a study exploring the representations of emigration and emigrants in the works of Soviet writers during the first post-revolutionary decade. The study aims to trace the historical development and genre-stylistic specificity of the image of Western European emigration in Soviet literature within the context of the formation of the socialist realism canon (1921-1932). The author has identified literary texts within Soviet literature that address the reception of the emigration phenomenon. Through an analysis of works by B. V. Shklovsky, A. N. Tolstoy, and M. A. Bulgakov, the individual artistic-aesthetic and socio-political frameworks of these authors are determined in their reception of the image of Western European emigration. The research characterizes the genre-stylistic features of Soviet authors' works that reflect the perception of emigration and emigrants. The scientific novelty of the study lies in its application of an imagological approach to the texts of Soviet writers addressing the images of emigration and emigrants in the consciousness of the metropolis; identifying the genesis of the perception of emigration in Soviet literature under the influence of the authors' personal experiences, their political orientation, and adherence to the state's line on the evaluation of emigration; and in the genre-stylistic analysis of these texts. Consequently, the main stages in the formation of the image of emigration and emigrants in Soviet literature of the 1920s-1940s are revealed, their genre modifications are established, and their stylistic features are determined.