“The Italian in Kalinov...”: A Parody of the Precedent Text by A.N. Ostrovsky
Journal: Studies in Theory of Literary Plot and Narratology
Year: 2023

The article briefly reviews the literary fate of A. N. Ostrovsky, his path from “The Storm” to writing historical chronicles and librettos to previously staged dramatic plays. Such a professional transformation provoked the appearance of critical reviews and feuilletons, which primarily ironized not the content of the works, but their form. One of these feuilletons, “The Italian in Kalinov” by G. N. Zhulev, was written against the libretto by A. N. Ostrovsky for the opera “The Storm”. The text i