Katenin's principal contention was that poetry should be national, and it was this which led him away from the Karamzinians and Zhukovskyites. Disappointed by Zhukovsky's mellifluent translation of Bürger's Lenore, Katenin brought out his own version of the ballad, whose title was Russified as Olga (1816).
Katenin's central argument was that poetry should be national, which led him to distance himself from the Karamzinians and Zhukovskyites. Disappointed by Zhukovsky's lyrical translation of Bürger's "Lenore," Katenin published his own version of the ballad, which was given the Russian title "Olga" (1816).