"Eugene Onegin": three ways of reading and understanding ‒ from science, personality psychology, philosophy of art

The article analyzes Pushkin's poem "Eugene Onegin" and two opposite interpretations of it, by Alexander Minkin critic Vladimir Kozarovetsky. author partially agrees with the interpretation proposed Minkin, objects to Kozarovetsky, but mainly interprets on basis his concept art methodology him for analyzing works art. views Kozarovetsky are compared: first believes that describes moral evolution personality Sergeevich, second we have a brilliant hoax started Pushkin shock readers. offers own reading poem, in which much is based analysis artistic reality. He shows narration conducted from four persons (Pushkin himself, Onegin, Tatiana rest characters), narrators convey their ideas contents each other. Although formally Onegin says very little, speaks lot intelligently; although not Onegin's fate threatens as well. narrator resembles Proteus: sometimes he following character nature, then behalf other narrators, hiding behind looks speeches. reader needs understand this poetic masquerade: separate heroes, where is, hero narrator, heroes speak themselves, Pushkin? Having built such an reality, forcing work, solving author's constructions, reflecting life, acted real innovator