CULTURAL CODES IN THE POEM BY A.FET “ON A HAYSTACK AT THE SOUTHERN NIGHT…”

The poem is considered as a programmatic one, showing the specific features of Fet’s worldview and, in particular, the originality of its gnoseology. The usual idea of Fet as a poet, capable of fixing only fleeting impression and revealing only minor topics, is being rethought. The use of a cultural approach and an appeal to semiotically significant images allows us to expand our understanding of the scale of Fet’s work and to discover the internal logic of the development of the lyrical plot, which is based on the historical and cultural principle. The integrity of the poem’s plot is determined by the movement from one historical era with a certain picture of the world to another, beginning with Antiquity and up to the New Age. Thus, Fet’s lyrical hero goes through all the main stages of the development of the human spirit, traveling not only in space but also in time.