Abstract. The paper is devoted to the new scientific and methodological domain in Russian philology, focused on study of interrelations between locus and literary image formation and embodying the ideas of the prominent Russian scholar Nicolas Anziferov. The Second International Anziferov’s Memorial Conference held in Moscow in September 12-14 provided a subject of the paper.
Keywords: Nicolas Anziferov; Vladimir Bonch-Bruevich, the local-history method in literary study; Second International Anziferov’s Memorial Conference, locus in literature, genius loci, literary image. new trend in Russian philology.
Svyatoslavsky Aleksei Vladimirovich,
Dr. in Cult., Associate Professor, Dept. of Cultural Research.
Moscow State Pedagogical University (Moscow),
e-mail: ale1906@yandex.ru