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The philosophy of the mask in the poetry book by B. Pasternak “Themes and variations”

Journal: Studia Humanitatis (Vol.2025, No. 2)

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Page : 18-18

Keywords : Pasternak; mask in poetry; existential honesty; semiotics of corporeality; historical crisis;

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Abstract

The article examines the function of the mask in Boris Pasternak's poetry as a semiotic construct combining protective and expressive roles. In Pasternak's works the mask does not conceal but reveals the true self becoming a form of existential honesty amid historical crisis. Pasternak's mask is interpreted as a strategy of resistance to discourses through irony and theatricality. The study shows how the poet redefines traditional notions of the mask, making it a central element of his poetics.

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