Keyword: «historicism»

this article presents an analysis of obsolete words in the works of the Russian writer, doctor of Historical Sciences V. Yu. Sofronov. The classification of this lexical category by etymological, semantic, and other characteristics is included. The article deals with a number of issues concerning, first, descriptions of connotative obsolete words by etymological dictionaries of modern Russian language, secondly, the functions performed obsolete vocabulary; third, the study of regional literature from a linguistic point of view.

The article is devoted to the analysis of the literary legacy of the English writer of the first half of the 20th century William Somerset Maugham. The author puts the focus on the works that deal with the problems of family and marriage. The problems under discussion are viewed within the context of Maugham's ideas. The novelist's concepts of true love and happy marriage are also represented in the article.

The article deals with the problem of people and power in the tragedy of A.S. Pushkin "Boris Godunov". Attention is focused on the conflict of the tragedy, the image of Tsar Boris Godunov and the collective image of the people are revealed.

The article examines the philosophical concept of L.N. Tolstoy's life in the novel "War and Peace" based on the analysis of the spiritual quest of the characters and the philosophical views of the writer.