THE IMAGE OF A SPIDER AND SPIDERWEB IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE MOTIF “ENNUI DE VIVRE” IN THE POETRY OF FRENCH AND RUSSIAN SYMBOLISTS

Abstract

This article is based on the material of particular lyric works of Russian and French writers and presents the peculiarities of using of the image of spider and spiderweb in lyrics. The importance of the archetype of a spider in myth-making of Symbolist poets and place of the image of a spider and spiderweb in the structure of the motif “ennui de vivre” in the works of decadent writers are studied.