Millionshchikova Tatiana Mikhailovna – Candidate of Philology, Senior Researcher of the Department of Literary Studies, Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, e-mail: millionshchikova14@mail.ru
Thе article concentrates on American Slavic literary studies that explore intermedial connections between Russian literature of the nineteenth century and some types of fine art. The works of A.S. Pushkin, N.V. Gogol, F.M. Dostoevsky, L.N. Tolstoy, and A.P. Chechov give the main material. The role of fine art in life and work of Russian writers is traced; the history of creative «dialogues» between some writers and painters (N.V. Gogol – K.P. Bryullov, L.N. Tolstoy – I.E. Repin, A.P. Chechov – I.I. Levitan) falls into the focus of American scholars as well. Intermedial connections between the Petersburg Tales of Gogol, the works of the soviet avant-garde artists and animated film are examined. Special attention is focused on the archetypal model of Dostoevsky’s narrative – ecphrasis – and on the role of the art of photography in his work. The creative heritage of Chekhov is investigated by American slavists in the context of impressionism
American Slavistics; Russian literature of the nineteenth century; visual art; intermediality; visualization; visual art.