The Works of Boris Pasternak and «Doctor Faustus» by T. Mann. II. Drops and Mimicry
Journal: Izvestia of Smolensk State University
Year: 2025

In this paper, the author continues to study the themes, motifs, and images common to Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus and B. Pasternak's works, located around the metatrope of a drop. He defines a metatextual field consisting of textual elements accompanying the theme of a drop. The article reveals the connection between the themes of a drop, melancholy, movement, and mimicry in the Russian and German authors. The author also traces the threads that go from the lyrics and prose of the authors under