The impact on the work of myth F. Novalis on the work of R. Wagner. A comparative analysis of the works

The problem of mythology, Wagner expounded in his literary works, it does not exhaust the whole problem of understanding and use of the myth of the composer. Libretto by Richard Wagner's operas provide ample material for research. In the research literature it remains an open question concerns the construction of a new mythology in the operas of Richard Wagner. In the study, we found a correlation between the literary works of the German Romantics and works of Richard Wagner. Significant analogies occur between the librettos of Wagner's operas and "Tales of Klingsor" from the novel "Heinrich von Ofterdingen" (1799) F. Novalis. We believe that, for Wagner, this work served as an example of the construction of the myth in his works. Artists drawn together not only the use of common methods in the construction and interpretation of the story, but also a common understanding of the goals and objectives of art. R. Wagner and F. Novalis were poets, not scientists or philosophers who adhere to the scientific approach to creating works of art. They learn about the world through the artistic sensibility and not by rational and logical. R. Wagner, based on the experience of German writers, and puts his characters in spaceless and timeless continuum. The specific historical time can be determined with a sufficient degree of conditionality - Middle Ages ("Lohengrin", "Tristan and Isolde"), the ancient world ( "The Ring of the Nibelungs"). Moreover, it can be concluded that all time specification is impossible, since on closer examination Tannhauser lives between two worlds - Catholic, where there is a Pope, pilgrims, Elizabeth, praying in a monastery for the soul of Tannhauser and Roman grotto of Venus, located outside time and space. R. Wagner, for his work unfolds the myth of the Knights of the Round Table, which is also in parallel a certain time and space. The use of this myth is a sacred Christian symbol, relevant to the present day, fills the works of the composer is not romantic fiction, but of religious mysticism. R. Wagner, based on specific legendary and mythological sources, combining them with the reception of the transcendental interpretation of the story, reaches in his works a new quality - support of opera scenes at the archetypes found Western culture. As a result, the composer superior achievements of literary romanticism in the way of creating a new mythology. Myths unfolding in the operas of Richard Wagner, creating a new way of communication with the listener, based on the appeal to the unconscious of the person receiving the top. This type of communication is not based on the direct verbal contact, and communicating through the actualization of cultural archetypes and cultural memory of the receiving side.

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