Cycle-forming Elements in O. Ermakov’s Novels «Olafa Spring» and «On the Road to Verzhavsk»
Journal: Izvestia of Smolensk State University
Year: 2025

The article examines O. Ermakov’s novels from the unfinished cycle «The Forest of Three Rivers» from the point of view of cycle-forming techniques. The works, the events of which are separated by eight centuries, reveal similarities in the characteristics of the heroes, the problems, the alternation of the historical and mythological layers of the narrative. The heroes of both novels passionately desire to gain the gift, OLAFA, and all their lives go towards this goal, but they gain it in a diff