To a problem of linguistic research of symbols in Russian symbolists' poetry

Abstract

Symbolism, as A. Losev writes, "differed from artistic realism not by the use of a symbol (these symbols are no less used in any realism), but by purely ideological features <…> The symbolists wanted to understand how real that is supernatural, supersensible, preternatural or at least a philosophical construction". In the studies of culturologists, special attention is paid to the role of Russian symbolism, which should be assessed in a new quality – as a trend that stood at the origins of domestic culturology of the 20’th century, as a direction that gave impetus to its further development. Scientists write about the serious impact of ideas of V. Ivanov and P. Florensky on A. Losev, whose theory of a symbol acts as the foundation of ontology and culturology, is an experience of philosophical symbolism, the purpose of which is to explore various spheres of the existence of a symbol, and the main ones are language, myth, religion and art.