Abstract: In his introductory article opening the fi rst issue of the ‘Philology. Researches’ journal the author views the content and the process of formation of philology as a science. It is underlined that the journal is aimed at saving the ‘great culture of the great peoples’ and the ‘great Russian word’ in particular.

Keywords: philology, literature, culture, word, Russian word, society.

Abstract: The article studies the role of gaze in establishing a Russian dialogue. It is shown that the direction of gaze changes according to completely different schemes in the following cases: at the borders of remarks (at the very moment when the speaker and the listener change their roles); at the borders of phrases; in the emphatic and baseline zones of expressions and at the beginning of assertions (or ‘yes’ phrases) and negation (or ‘no’ phrases). The author of the article also analyzes the eye movement patterns used by the listener at the moment when the speaker says his remarks. It is the fi rst time that such a topic is considered in the Russian language.

Keywords: philology, glance, dialogue, remark, negation, assertion, emphasis, the speaker, the listener, direction.

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Abstract: Based on the example of a famous novel by Vladimir Nabokov the author of the article analyzes the brilliant style and writing techniques of Stevenson which he used to make the fi ctional story to sound quite convincing and believable. Much attention is paid at the problem of complicated relations between the good and the evil, the fi ght and interpenetration.

Keywords: philology, creative writing, style, good and evil, external and internal, image, symbol, intonation, a fi gure of speech.

Abstract: Every work of a great artist contains what the author wanted to say and what he could not say but unwittingly mentioned. However, the will and intentions of an artist show themselves mostly in the way the artist develops and composes the thematic material. The term ‘ form of composition’ sounds rather impersonal but based on the analysis of Pushkin’s novel ‘The Shot’ the author shows that the form of a composed text can actually contain the elements allowing us to speak of the connection between the form and the deepest aspects of a personality, - and what is connected with the feeling of Destiny in the end.

Keywords: philology, art, Pushkin, text, composition, proportion, golden proportion, resonance, destiny, language.

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Abstract: The article covers the phenomenon of the studies on Shakespeare’s creative heritage as a constant of the world culture and presents an outlook on the appearance of special form of the Shakespeare cult — Shakespeare studies.

Keywords: philology, Shakespeare, Shakespeare studies, constant, cult, world culture, the English language, the drama.

Abstract: The article analyses a particular poetic text from the point of view of its philosophical content. The author describes the concepts the content of the poem consists of from the point of view of their philosophical meaning and perspectives. The author also introduces the term ‘mode of the concept comprehension’ and defi nes the romantic, heroic and ironic modes of the concept comprehension.

Keywords: philosophy, poetic expression, text, the system of concepts, philosophical anslysis, ironization, romanticization, heroization, ‘das man’, chaos, author.

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Abstract: The author of the article makes an attempt to fi nd the hidden meaning in A. S. Pushkin’s novel by using some hermeneutic procedures. The author underlines the controversial meaning of the novel and the system of allegories and symbols used by Pushkin there.

Keywords: philology, novel, meaning, fi ction, interpretation, world outlook, intrigue, symbol, author, intention.

Abstract: The article contains an analysis of Alexander Blok’s views on philosophy, esthetics, politics and morals as well as his attitude to Russian and European traditions in culture and poetics. The author of the article also analyzes the innovation nature of Alexander Blok’s perception of the world and his poetic work.

Keywords: philology, poetics, esthetics, mythology, myth making, semantics, revolution, politics, symbol.

Abstract: This is the review of A. Mikhailov’s book ‘Selected Works: Phenomenology of Austrian Culture’. Based on the author of this review, A. Mikailov very well revealed the typology of Austrian culture and showed its profound role and meaning.

Keywords: philology, poetics, culture, Austrian, artistic, language.

Abstract: In his review of A. Veselovsky’s book ‘Selected Works: On the Way to Historical Poetics’ the author describes the basic ideas of the mentioned above book. It is underlined that being a great scientist and a widely educated person, A. Veselovsky used a great variety of genres and theoretical approaches there.

Keywords: philology, literature, poetics, comparative method, epos, mythology, symbolic.