Book Review: Sharafadina, K.I. (2018) Selam, otkroysya! Floropoetika v Obraznom Yazyke Russkoy i Zarubezhnoy Literatury [Selam, Open Up! Floropoetics in the Figurative Language of Russian and Foreign Literature]. St. Petersburg: NestorIstoriya

Abstract

The reviewer draws attention to the author’s integrative interdisciplinary methodology. First of all, it is the interdisciplinarity of the research algorithm, which allowed the well-known scholar to conceptualize and present the textual embodiment of the correlation of the “text of life” by the “text of culture” in a new way. This approach allows the author to comprehend the “polygenism” of floristic components of a literary plot. The reviewer considers the creation of the concept of an original and, in many respects, innovative research practice – floropoetology – to be the main achievement of the author, a literary critic with significant research experience. The author proposes refined translations and subscripts of French and English texts, archival materials, which adds to the value of the work. The book is intended for a wide range of readers.