It is the lyrics in the traditional meaning of this word that personifies the most personal, subjective kind of literature. And the concept of "lyrical hero" is a term that was first proposed just to describe the phenomenon that arose in the work of Alexander Blok. He for the first time concretized this hitherto vague appearance, making the characters of his poems close in spirit to himself. Now we often use this term as a complete synonym for the author's image, although this is not entirely true.
The history of the origin of the term and its first definition
The history of the concept of "lyrical hero" began on October 9, 1921. On this day the writer and researcher Tynyanov made a report on Blok's memory. There he says that he mourns the death of the Human Bloc, not the Bloc-poet or publicist. But where do ordinary people know Block-man? The answer is simple. The poet described himself in verse, his lyrical hero is Alexander Alexandrovich himself. This human form can not be created from one of his works, he consists only of a set of poems and poems. For example, you can trace this pattern. In the early poems of Blok, the lyrical hero is a tall image, the prince, Hamlet. Then this portrait is complicated by the appearance of a "dark double." But Tynyanov distinguishes one more form: the image of a poet, a "caller," a man who composes words into poetry. The reader, as a rule, getting acquainted with the works of any author, searches for familiar characters, familiar features, familiar metaphors. And Blok retains some stamping in his poems, the melodramatic nature of the plot so beloved by readers. Therefore, the image of the lyrical hero remained for many generations of people recognizable, loved, loved, and he always personified the voice of time, era. Sincerity has always bribed the reader. So, we can conclude that Blok's lyrical hero is a prototype of the poet, but he is collected from various traits, sometimes opposites.
What are the qualities of a lyrical hero?
At the beginning of the article it was said that to use this term as a complete correspondence to the author's image is wrong. Why? It should be remembered that the character of the lyric hero, his actions, intonations - these are the features created by the author. In some cases, as, for example, with Alexander Blok and Andrei Bely, they coincide with the image of the person who created the work, but still one can not identify these concepts. Lyrical hero - a character that exists only in the work created by the author, in some ways artificial, dependent on the twists and turns of the plot. Yes, he has his own feelings, assessments, intonation, but this is also the credit of the author. Those wishing to understand more deeply the poet or writer should analyze several works or refer to other biographical materials (correspondence, memoirs, etc.). There, of course, the presence of imaginary lyrical images will be excluded, but you will recognize the author from a historical, personal and moral point of view. Sometimes it is necessary to understand the reasons for this or that behavior of images created by it, because in literature there is a similar concept - "image of the author".