As is well-known, Pushkin’s first prose work, The Tales of Belkin, a collection of five short stories, contains several biographical elements, particularly a marriage motif. Inarguably, this is true when it comes to specific wedding-related events r...
As is well-known, Pushkin’s first prose work, The Tales of Belkin, a collection of five short stories, contains several biographical elements, particularly a marriage motif. Inarguably, this is true when it comes to specific wedding-related events reflected in the four short stories, except for ‘The Coffin-maker.’ Less attention has been paid to the concerns that there are a variety of interesting motifs and stories in the Tales with architectural elements, as well as the so-called everyday life of the nobility. Here, by the term ‘architectural elements,’ we refer to usad'ba: the symbolic nest in which the noble class - either in the Tsar palace or the local villages - resided in their entire lives. The primary purpose of this study then is to explore the extent to which the architectural elements are embedded throughout the work, mainly shedding light on both the spatial characteristic and thematic features. This paper will thus be able to contribute to forming a new foundation for understanding Pushkin's masterpiece from a totally new perspective.