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#3 / 2015
Linguistics
Anchek S.Kh.
Some features of language of the Adyghe animal fairy tales
This paper provides a description of the functional role of various language devices
which are used in texts of the Adyghe animal fairy tales. The scientifcally important are
various language (initial, intermediate and fnal) formulas which are found in the studied
texts. The richness of language of the Adyghe animal fairy tales is shown through the used
pointed language comparisons, metaphors, repetitions, onomatopoeic words, phraseological
units, epithets, personifcations, hyperboles and irony which strengthen its stylistic color. It
is established that along with the traditional language formulas common for fairy tales of the
different peoples there are also the specifc ones, peculiar only to the Adyghe animal fairy tales. Practical value is seen in possibility of use of results of research in lecture courses on
the Adyghe language and literature and in drawing up school and higher school textbooks on
the Adyghe and Kabardino-Circassian languages.
Bagaryan A.A.
Metaphor in a business discourse: effect of infuence and attraction of attention
An analysis is made of metaphorical models of representation of economic concepts in
the English language. The structure of metaphorical constructions and their impact on audience
are considered. New vision of metaphorical constructions in a business discourse is offered. Lingual semiotic functions of a metaphor are revealed and described. Metaphors are established
to promote the best comprehension of the actual information by the recipient. The author
confrms that the lingual semiotics of a metaphor of a business discourse is in unity of linguistic
and semiotic components. Various types of metaphors are described. Methods of the contextual
and comparative analysis are used. The author shows that the lingual semiotics of a metaphor
is represented by system of the verbal signs used in economic texts to nominate and present the
phenomena and subjects characteristic of the business sphere, description of economic events,
attraction of readers’ attention, an assessment of actions of fnanciers and effective impact on
public opinion. The scientifc and practical importance and relevance of this work are defned
by its innovative character connected with the textual analysis of metaphorical revisiting the
economic concepts. The presented analysis of metaphors makes a contribution to studying the
language personality of a communicator and provides material for further generalizations and
systematization of knowledge of coding and decoding of the text.
Baranova A.Yu., Chetverikova O.V.
Text-forming potential of the loose parts of the sentence
The objective of this research is to reveal the text-forming opportunities of
syntagmatically detached constructions by using an example of the analysis of the text
fragments with sentences including loose appositions and attributes. It is inferred that their
exit beyond a framework of the loose sentence is explained by that the loose parts become
a peculiar reference point for the subsequent expansion of a thought. Scientifc novelty is related to a new approach which is offered to study a role of the loose parts of the sentence
in creating the text. The descriptive method and a method of linguistic supervision for the
analysis of contextual material are used. The practical consequence is that the results of
research can be used in the analysis of a work of art and in the linguistic analysis of the
text. The offered technique can be used in studying semantics of the sentence and the text-
forming opportunities of loose parts of the sentence.
Bedanokova Z.K.
The phenomenon of evocativeness: in search of defnition
This paper focuses upon defning a phenomenon of evocativeness in the language
and speech as a genre-forming category. The creation mechanism of additional meaning,
which contaminates the frst («literal») sense, by using a certain language form, is discussed.
Oppositions of different degree of expression are discovered: the implicitness –explicitness;
the occasionality – conventionality; the intentionality – spontaneity and others. An analysis
is made of the correlation of evocativeness with such linguistic categories as a modality, the propositional relation, implicitness, implication, a presupposition, a connotation,
polysemy, paradox, etc. The cognitive semiotic method allows detection of profound
mechanisms of emergence of implicit meaning. The scientifc and practical importance and
novelty of this work is defned by correlation of the evocativeness and implicit content of
a language sign as a mechanism of the evocative speech act – an evocation. Relevance of
research is based on the analysis of advertising as one of the main evocative genres since the
evocativeness in advertising is displayed as the instrument of realization of many functional
meanings. The conclusion is drawn that the phenomenon of evocativeness has the marginal
status in relation to language system, but takes important place in speech usage, realizes
homo ludens and creative functions of language and becomes a genre-forming category.
Zhuk E.E.
Realia and methods of their transfer in adaptation of foreign texts
This paper describes the notion of realia as lexis with national-cultural semantics,
characteristic only of one nation. The examples are given from the works of English and
American authors. It’s been found out that there are realia in all spheres of people’s lives.
They may be objects of material and spiritual culture, proper names and geographical names.
We raise a problem of realia as a class of non-equivalent words having no correspondence
in other languages. Variants of translation of realia from foreign languages are described.
We speak about several basic mechanisms of translation of realia from English into Russian
during adaptation of a foreign text, namely: transcription, transliteration, calque, functional change and description. These methods are defned and illustrated by the examples from the
works of O.Henry and P.G.Wodehouse. We’ve come to a conclusion that realia and their
translation from one language into another is one of the most diffcult moments in adaptation
of foreign texts.
Ishchenko D.S.
Ontological meaning of a word and its representation through image-concept, «rhetorical speech» and concept
The paper deals with the problem of ontological language resources and the evolution
of views on existential language. The purpose of this study is to determine the ontological
opportunities of Russian words. This is related to attention to the problems of national self-awareness and self-expression, and acquires special importance in the context of globaliza-
tion and the crisis of the old system of values of the socio-cultural, ethnic and cultural plan.
To achieve the goal we propose to review the concept of speech from the perspective of «en-
ergetic ontology», emphasizing the constant volatility of the word, and the ability to build
new meanings and ontological values. The paper also examines the polar point of view: the
verbal representation of value through the image-concept or «rhetorical word» that operate
ready repertoire of meanings and deprive the word of life and linguistic ontology. In the
course of study, in order to organize the theoretical material, the descriptive, comparative,
cultural and historical methods of scientifc knowledge were used, which made it possible to
trace the flling of words with new meanings and identify the semes constituting the ontolog-
ical meaning. As a result, it has been found that the ability to fll the word with new meanings
produces a tendency to form concepts representing the content of word sign. The fndings
are of particular interest to such areas of linguistics, as a cultural linguistics, ethnolinguistics,
cognitive linguistics, as well as for the development of the problem of journalistic discourse
in the range of cultural and national understanding.
Pelipenko L.M.
Cognitive representation of numerative idioms with the components one, two and three in the English and Russian languages
This paper provides the results of idiom analysis with the components - numerals
one, two and three in the English and Russian languages. From the functional point of view,
multifunctionality is peculiar to all these numerals. In research of these idioms, the lingual
cultural science techniques, the component and contextual methods, a comparative method,
and the conceptology techniques are used. This research is theoretically and practically
important because it provides replenishment and systematization of data on idioms with a numerical component, defnes the main components of the culture metalanguage of the
studied material, interprets a national markedness of images of the studied idioms containing
the numerical components one, two and three, as well as tracks their refection in language
pictures of the world of British and Russians. Numerals one, two, and three, perceived as
the frst elements of a numerical row, have rich associative characteristics in both languages.
The crucial role in development of their polysemy belongs to semantics of number.
Sarayeva K.I.
Emotional and action codes of the announcement of a work of art (from materials of English, French and Russian languages)
This research focuses upon identifcation of the codes corresponding to the designated
motives. Considering the term «code» in its ordinary meaning, in the meaning accepted in
philological sciences and the theory of communication, as well as in the theory of the text,
we give a defnition of a code for the secondary text of the «announcement» type. Two
main codes are described; they are used by addressees of the text to interpret the received messages which help them «to flter» the works corresponding to their motives. The content
analysis is made to allocate lexical and syntactic units from the announcement case by using
the method of casual selection. By means of these units, the sender of the text codes the
information important for the recipient. The obtained results are of practical importance
as they can be used by authors of announcements, copywriters and editors, as well as for
reading special courses and holding special seminars. It is established that applying either
one or other code to variety of texts of announcements and «fltering» them, the recipient of
the text can orient himself and choose the better work of art which is most fully meeting his
expectations: whether his motives of reading being aimed at receiving emotional experience
or at learning an outcome of an interesting plot.
Tikhonova A.P.
Ways and means of expressing space relations in the Hattian and Abkhaz-Adyghe languages
Comparison of Hattian and Abkhaz-Adyghe ways and means of expressing space
relations, which is the aim of the article, made it possible to prove close relationship of
the mentioned languages on the morphological and word-building levels. The methodology
of investigation is based on the cognitive approach to linguistic phenomenon and on the
comparative investigation on two or more languages from historical point of view. Kin words
or their components were investigated if their graphic representation and meaning registered in Hattian and Hittite Bilingua and in dictionaries of Modern Abkhaz and Adyghe languages
and their dialects. The Hattian affxes and root elements revealed by the author are used to
denote place and direction and have counterparts in the Abkhaz-Adyghe languages. Attempt
was made to prove that to restore logic structure of ancient words it is possible to turn to
the material of modern kin languages. The results of the analysis made it possible to refer a
word with spatial meaning to a certain lexico-grammatical class and to translate the words
that were interpreted in two ways by different authors or were considered untranslatable. The
results of the investigation may be used for deciphering ancient texts.
Frolova O.A.
The role of electronic editions in replenishment of the Russian language by loan words
The paper examines loan words in the language of electronic mass media. The paper
shows that the problem of the borrowing of foreign words is relevant. A proposition is made
that the intensity of the process of borrowing is very high. The goal of the research is to
establish whether or not network editions help recent borrowings to penetrate into Russian.
The author analyzes loan words used in the texts of electronic media and shows the spheres
of this use. The component method was used to identify that most frequent and numerous
are groups of modern foreign words, which relate to spheres such as «economy and fnance», «sport», «tourism», «computer technology and equipment», «art» and «fashion industry».
The conclusion is drawn that effciency of network editions promotes speedy penetration
of loan words into Russian. It is inferred that foreign words are mostly words of English
origin. New loan words are included strongly into our speech and expand lexical system of
modern Russian that causes both the theoretical and practical importance of independent
word creation.
Khazhokova E.A.
The semantic and functional characteristic of pragmatonyms in the fction text (from material of the novel of Mark Levi «La première nuit»)
This research focuses upon the study of pragmatonyms relating to literary onomastics.
The objective of this research is to consider functioning of the Russian pragmatonyms
in prose of the French modern writer Mark Levi. The methods used are supervision and
generalization of linguistic material allowing us to trace features of the use of the Russian
pragmatonyms in the French fction text. The conclusions containing in this paper can be
used for further studying functioning of pragmatonyms in cross-cultural communication. The
Russian pragmatonyms included in the text of the considered work, in interaction with other
components, play an important role in understanding the artistic concept of the writer. They promote realization of the communicative attitude to render impact on the reader and carry
out nominative, pragmatic, information, stylistic, expressional and emotional functions.
Shkhapatseva M.Kh., Pazova L.M.
Antonyms, antonymy and antonymic paradigmatics in Russian
The paper discloses the depth and multiaspectness of antonyms, antonymy and
antonymic paradigmatics as a phenomenon of Russian lexicon and sheds new light on
theoretical provisions of these semasiological concepts. Examples are drawn from V.S.
Vysotsky’s poetry. Antonyms are shown to be one of the system-forming units of Russian.
The statistical method was used to analyze the concepts «antonyms», «antonymy» and
«antonymic paradigmatics». This method is very productive since it allowed us to subject
the studied material to the comprehensive analysis. Results of the conducted research give a
complete idea of structural-semantic features of antonyms and can be used for their further
studying both in Russian and in other languages. The theoretical provisions considered in the
paper are supported by the factual material. It is inferred that the analyzed concepts have no
unambiguous solution in Russian modern linguistic science and need further specifcation.
The practical importance lies in that the analysis of this linguistic material allows us to
develop a technique of its studying in initial and middle classes of school. In V.S. Vysotsky’s
poetry there are a lot of language and individual author’s antonyms.
Literary Criticism
Beshukova F.B., Khatkova I.N.
Romantic poetics and historical concept of the novel «The Ice House» by I.I. Lazhechnikov
The paper focuses upon designating some features of work «The Ice House» by
I.I.Lazhechnikov in the context of typology of the historical novel of Walter Scott. This
promotes the defnition of a place and signifcance of this novel in art space of the Russian
historical fction of the frst half of the 19th century. This work examines the confict
originality, the free and entertaining organization of a plot outline, features of system of
images and a role of fctional characters from the point of view of specifcs of the indicated
genre. Creation of a certain local color is noted to be an important component in system of
the historical novel of Lazhechnikov. The writer managed to authentically transfer not only
customs and life, prejudices and delusions of the past, but also to embody the image and
spirit of an era and to create peculiar characters of historical persons. The dramatic nature
and logic of events, natural discrepancy of images along with love stories move a romantic
intrigue. The historical, literary, comparative and typological methods of research, as well as
a method of the analysis of the fction text are used. The scientifc and practical importance
and relevance of this work are defned by its innovative character related to the textual and
typological analysis of the novel. Such an analysis of work makes a certain contribution to
comparative and typological literary criticism. The specifc analysis of the text is used to
demonstrate the declared theoretical provisions. The conclusion is drawn that the novel «Ice
House» represents the architectural - romantic historical novel.
Zhachemuk Z.R.
Satirical and comic aspects of stories by Kh.A. Ashinov
This paper discusses the features of «small prose» of Kh. Ashinov. Special attention is paid
to stories in genres of satire and humor. The emphasis is placed on the textual analysis of works
in the original language. The objects of research are stories of different years which display the
art originality of satire and humor. Much attention is paid, frst of all, to human relationship and
contemporaries. Features of author’s psychologism and lyrical judgment of reality are analyzed;
interaction of satire and humor, old and new, past and present and their interrelation in the writer’s
prose are noted. Methods of genre - stylistic, comparative –typological and textual research are
used to investigate works of art of satire and humor in the Adyghe literature. The scientifc and
practical importance and relevance of this work are defned by its innovative character related to
the textual analysis of the poor-studied works of Kh.Ashinov.
Panesh U.M., Siyukhov S.N., Kazanova I.I.
E. Hemingway and A. Evtykh: typological relationships
The paper focuses upon the analysis of typological relationships between works of
the 20th century writers E. Hemingway and A. Evtykh. The objective of the presented
work is to study crisis of traditional humanitarian values and to describe feeling of loss
and formation of new art - esthetic thinking in works of the above-named writers. The
revealed similar lines of creativity are displayed in the strengthening the concept of the
personality and art problematical character caused by revision of naive historicism that has
an impact on the solution of hot topics: public world and personality, personality and family,
personality and national values, personality and moral choice. The authors of the present
paper defne and shape identical creative searches caused by ideological and moral views
and connected with familiarizing with a new poetic form: intense knowledge of the world,
drama introspection and special lyrical tonality. Conclusions are drawn on a fgurative
form of the compared writers, including strengthening the subjective and narrative line
of the story and frequent alteration of the plan of a statement. Special attention is paid
to complication of the psychological analysis due to use of represented speech, internal
monologue, an art detail, a dialogue, and an unusual emotional contact with the reader
formed on the basis of implication. The conclusion is drawn that features of the era of
the 20th century leave the mark on works of the writers representing different national
literatures and defne the typologically similar art lines.
Folkloristik
Paranuk K.N.
Nart’s plots and motives in the North Caucasian modern novel myth by M. Bulkaty and D. Koshubayev
This paper studies the relevant and poor-studied problem of a neomythologism of
modern literary process basing on material of North Caucasian literature. Research is made to
explore artistic features of the North Caucasian modern novel myth appealing to the Nartiada
mythic epic legends. The aim of this work is to shed the new light on nature of development
of mythic epic tradition. To disclose this, the following objectives are solved: detection of
artistic features of a mythologism of novels myths of M. Bulkaty “The Seventh Campaign of
Soslan Narty” and «Abrag» by D. Koshubayev; the analysis of the functional importance of
mythic epic material in the subject-matter and structure of novels myths, features of problems,
plot-outline creation, image creation, and world modeling. In order to study a problem of a
neomythologism in the North Caucasian novel, we used both a comparative and typological
methods and achievements of psychoanalytic, structural and semiotic approaches. It is inferred
that the character of myth creation by North Caucasian modern writers corresponds to the main
tendencies of the world literature and can be defned as the neomythologism which is expressed
both in a remythologization and demythologization. This research is theoretically important
because it identifes genre features of the North Caucasian modern novel myth and specifc
components of this genre modifcation. The practical importance lies in that it is possible to use
the results of this research in higher school teaching, in special courses on history of the North
Caucasian literature and on a genre of the North Caucasian novel myth.
Journalism
Beshukova F.B., Khazhgeriyeva A.A.
Brands of Adyghea in modern media space as the indicator of sociocultural and economic attractiveness of the region
The paper discusses the effciency of regional branding in the course of formation
of positive image of the region. Taking an example of well-known ethnotourist offers of
Adyghea, the brand is positioned as a factor of development of competitive advantages of
the region and an asset of regional economy. The research is aimed at identifying a role of
a brand in development of effective regional economic policy. The space of regional tourist
brands is examined in mass-media aspect on the basis of the content analysis. Conclusions
about importance of effective regional branding bring us to need to support this direction
of regional development of mass media by the administration of the region. The practical
importance of research lies in processing ways of optimization of further development of
advertising in the Adyghea Republic.
Mirumyan A.G.
Social networks in system of mass communication
The paper deals with social networks in system of mass communication. The subjects
of research are social networks which are of great interest in audience today. The work
discusses their functions and gives the comparative analysis of three networks, popular in
Russia. The objective of this paper is to examine them in system of mass communication and
to define their significance and the role they play. The analysis and comparison methods are
used. Special attention is paid to that that social networks stopped being only entertaining
or connecting people from around the world, today they act as the successful tool in the
world of advertising and PR. Also they are a new mass medium. In this we see relevance,
the scientific and practical importance of this research. The conclusion is drawn that social networks become more demanded every year, attracting people of the highest social level
and status in ranks of their users.
Reviews
Suprun V.I.
The Treasury of Names of Peoples of the North Caucasus
Study of Arts
Dzliyeva D.M.
Some aspects of traditional choreography of the Turkish Ossetians
The paper examines the case of national dances of the Turkish Ossetians and compares them with the musical and choreographic tradition occurring in the territory of North and
South Ossetia. Four Ossetian dances that are performed by the Turkish Ossetians are
allocated. The aim of this paper is to trace safety of tradition in culture of the Ossetian
diaspora in Turkey, as well as to reveal lines of the different ethnic influences (mainly from
the Circassian culture). The musical and choreographic component of traditional culture of
the Turkish Ossetians with the detailed description of plasticity of hands, a characteristic
step and ornamental features of dances is described for the first time. The scientific and
practical importance of this paper is that this publication addresses the poor-studied culture
developing throughout two centuries at a long distance from the historical homeland. The
methodology of research is connected with the use of an integrated approach in the analysis
of musical choreographic culture of the Turkish Ossetians, and comparative, typological
and comparative-historical methods. Historical processes of the dynamics of development
of national choreography of the Turkish Ossetians show that at high safety of language and
etiquette, the musical and choreographic component of traditional culture undergoes the
greatest transformation. Partly it can be caused by total absence of ceremonial practices
and traditional religious system of the Ossetians. On the other hand, according to Moslem
doctrine, to play instruments and to dance is a great sin.
Miroshkina A.F.
The war and «3 colors of a lifetime» (about I. Talankin’s movies with A. Schnittke’s music)
The paper deals with a kind of «war trilogy» directed by I. Talankin with the music of following movies: «Entry», «Daytime Stars» and «Star Fall». The work identifies the basic
principles how the director and the composer reveal deeply moral issues in the context of war
and peace. For the first time on the basis of archival materials and unexplored partitions the
composer’s method of work in the movie is cleared up: the principles of monothematicism,
the system of leitmotifs (leit-theme of war, fate, hope, dreams and farewell), the ratio of
music in shot and behind-the-scenes and conjugations of different styles in partitions. During
the analysis of movies and partitions their genre and stylistic features and the peculiarities of
composition solutions are revealed. The methods and techniques of the composer developing
deep psychological problems, implied realities, symphonic pairings of sharply contrasting
musical images are highlighted. The importance of lyrical-psychological and tragic spheres
of music for Talankin’s movies is emphasized. It was found out that music of Schnittke in
the Talankin’s movies is always meaningful; it gives additional information, reveals deep
psychological motives and complex emotional feelings of the characters. The work of Alfred
Schnittke in the cinema is shown to be important for the formation of polystylistic writing
method, peculiar to master, as well as testing of many imaginative, timbre and harmonic
solutions being implemented into the major academic genres (for example, «Faustian theme»).
Mitus I.V., Edidzhi V.V.
The Sindika ensemble of the Caucasian dance: on a reinterpretation of classical (canonical) samples
The paper explores the reinterpretation processes in activity of the Sindika ensemble of
the Caucasian dance. The goal of this paper is to define signs of the reinterpretation processes
in choreographic compositions of this ensemble. This work is important in terms of practice,
which includes display of activities of ensemble on a reinterpretation of the Caucasian dance
in line with universal traditions, display of identity of activity of the Ashchemez folk ensemble
in a reconstruction of man’s tradition of national singing, as well as examination of structure
of creative integration of collective bodies as a new form of mass culture, relying of processes
of its formation on activity of professionals, synthesis of classical canons and elements of
a modernist style; questions of use of classical music in genres and forms of mass culture
and a correlation of the canonic and updated material in choreographic art. This research
is important from the theoretical point of view because it uses a culturological approach to
study choreographic compositions of the Sindika ensemble as a new stage of development of
choreographic art in Adyghea and manifestation of cultural tolerance in the multiethnic region.
Authors are basing on genetic approach, considering emergence and development of the
reinterpretation processes in Sindika compositions and on the structural functional approach
allowing isolation of all structural elements of these processes and their interrelations. The
following features are characteristic of the Caucasian dance during the last decades: renovation
of forms of existence, synthesis of classical dance and folk choreography in the contents of
Sindika concert choreographic compositions, relying of various dancing genres on ethnic
material of the people of the North Caucasus (Abkhazian, Chechen, etc.) and European
(Spanish); and updating forms of the existing – mainly concert –Sindika and Ashchemez man’s
folk ensemble. This work is scientifically important because it defines the common features
and discrepancies between primary sources and a reinterpretation artefact in choreographic art.
Sokolova A.N.
Nartiada in the context of modern culture of the region
The paper examines the functioning of the Nart epic heritage of the people of the Caucasus in modern culture of the region. The sociocultural interpretation of the concept
«Nartiada» is given. This concept defines various social practices related in one or another
way to the Nart legends in their primitive oral and variable forms. The main objective of the
paper is to show ways and to disclose mechanisms of saving the Nart epos in cultural memory
of the Caucasian ethnoses and in social practice of the region. On the basis of the numerous
examples obtained in the course of long supervision over development of ethnocultures in
the North Caucasus, conclusions are drawn about special property of the historical memory
which kept a lot of Nart plots and heroes in mass consciousness. Mechanisms and forms
of preservation of Nartiada are the onomasticon and toponymics, an essential and large
artistic esthetic cluster (fine arts, arts and crafts, instrumental music, choreographic music,
literature, poetry, etc.), educational, cultural and mass forms, as well as forms of scientific,
methodical, organizational and scientific promotional work. The Nart epos continues to exist
in cultural space of the region both in authentic, i.e. natural ontological version, and in
the form of the aimed process regulated by the power. The importance of the conducted
research is defined by identification of the relationships hidden between the authentic and
modern cultural practices promoting Nartiada’s future both as a folklore product and the
sociocultural Nartiada.
Sychenko G.B.
Shaman musical poetical text: on definition and the essence
The paper is devoted to a definition of the shamanic text category, which is, in the
author’s opinion, one of the key components of the “intonation – text” dichotomy, relevant for
shamanic cultures. The aim of the work is to define the specificity of shamanic text, to reveal its essential features and then to interpret them. The scientific importance of work lies in theoretical
clearing-up the specified category. The practical value is in its use for interpretation of complex
and obscure ritual texts. Any element of such text can express a large number of information
containing beyond its limits which is displayed only if needed. It allows us to explain the seeming
incoherent character, closeness and opacity of the contents of shaman texts. The text is stipulated
by the ceremony course, nature of ceremonial communication and a psychophysical condition of
the expert who is carrying out the ritual (a so-called shaman trance or ecstasy). This determines
its saturation by elements-exclamations, interjections, onomatopoeias, ritual words and magic
formulas, as well as its specific composition. As a result of the conducted research it is established
that the main sign of shaman texts is high degree of their implicity, i.e. a non-manifestation and a
concealment of meanings. In addition, the distinctive intrinsic characteristic of two main genres
of shaman tradition is revealed: a chant is defined as “folded” and the shaman’s ritual as the
“unfolded” shaman text. These results are of practical value for the researchers who are engaged
in studying musical and ritual traditions.
Khvatova S.I.
Spiritual searches in art and artistic life in the second half of the 20th century
The paper explores the dynamics of spiritual revival in national art of the Soviet Russia
and the Orthodox believers abroad. The purpose of this study is to identify the leading
tendency of development of national art in the second half of the 20th century – spiritual
religious «becoming sober». Special attention is paid to a culturological context of updating
the subject of literary and art works – music, cinema and painting. This research systematizes
works from a position of accumulation of spiritual potential and specific display of «will to
sacral». The author investigates the process of gradual return of the creative intellectuals to
problems of spirituality and a religious subject, and the quantitative accumulation which
led to some kind of «break» to religious subject in the course of celebration of the 1000
anniversary of the Rus’ Christianization. The analysis is based on historical and sociological
methods of research with attraction of special art criticism tools. It is established that defining
for spiritual searches in the sphere of creativity during the second half of the 20th century
was as follows: a repeatedly changing political situation and expectation of changes in the
period of Khruschev’s «thaw» and Brezhnev’s «stagnation», cardinal transformations of
the late 1980s – the beginning of the 1990s occurring in the course of “perestroika”; crash
of communistic idea and absence of new idea, which induced ideologists, politicians, the
scientific and creative intellectuals to its search, formulation and justification; reflection of
a history – the recent and remote past and the present, proceeding within a historical subject
and with the use of an artistic technique of documentation; symbolical marked dates (the
1000 anniversary of the Rus’ Christianization and the 200 anniversary of Patriotic War of
1812); and return to life of the culture layers forbidden or lost relevance in the recent past.
This paper designates ways of research of the art forms related to canonic liturgical texts and
actions, which is of great theoretical value.
Shak F.M.
Soviet jazz as phenomenon of mass culture
This paper deals with the processes of style content and sociocultural existence of the
national jazz. The purpose of work is to demonstrate a number of the substantial differences
between the Soviet and western jazz, in particular, to identify belonging of the first to the easier variety music. The author underlines that the Soviet jazz has a special style color,
penetrated by variety connotations and freely identified not only by skilled experts, but also
by musicians of the younger generation. Special consideration receives the judgment stated
by the American musicologist F. Tirro that separate style versions of the modern western
jazz and especially a post-bop style belong to processes of neoclassicism. Internal logic of
development of post-bop improvisations, their structural complexity and focus on creative
reconsideration of gains of the 1940 – 1950 jazz allows us to claim that with the emergence
of this style, jazz music has acquired the new, higher level of the esthetic organization. In
spite of the fact that in the Soviet jazz there were many artistically significant projects, and
its style coverage stretched from fusion music to the vanguard non-idiomatic improvisations,
the genre lacked the basis so typical for the American scene based on many-year traditions
and esthetic searches. Theoretical value of the paper lies in detection of variety specifics of
the Soviet jazz. In the author’s opinion, the synergy of jazz practices with popular music
helped the considered genre to reject the sum of «bourgeois» connotations and receive
legitimation in official culture of the USSR.
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