M. M. KHERASKOV’S ROSSIADA AND J. CHAPELAIN’S POEM LA PUCELLE OU LA FRANCE DÉLIVRÉE
Journal: Russkaya Literatura
Year: 2024

The article examines the points of intersection between two epic poems: La Pucelle ou La France délivrée (The Maiden, or Liberated France) by J. Chapelain and Rossiada by M. M. Kheraskov. The quantity and quality of these points, that go beyond «banalities», lead to the following assertion: Kheraskov used Chapelain as a source of significant, albeit localized, structural elements. Among the most important borrowings is the designation of enemies as rebelles, the word that is grounded in both Fre