Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2014 7 (5)

Authors

Tsvetova, Natalia S.

Contact information

Tsvetova, Natalia S.:St. Petersburg State University 26 1-st. line, St. Petersburg, 199053, Russia; E-mail:

Keywords

literature; media; discourse; gloss; text; author

Abstract

In the article we examine the interaction of two discourses: the discourse of literature and the discourse of media. For the author of the work, discourse is a situationally, intentionally determined collection of thematically related texts. Discursive characteristics of literary texts are defined by the aesthetic function of the literary text, which specifies the figurative form of the author’s view on the world and the man. The “glossy” discourse is formed due to publications dedicated to leisure and private life, which are presented to mass audience. Russian national cultural and social space was considered to be literocentric. Today they say that this quality has been lost, the place of literature is occupied by media production. Why? The main reason is that “glossy” products meet the needs of the mass audience for shocking frankness, create the image of a successful person, in contrast to literature, which is bewildered by the complexity and pace of modern life. But this does not mean that literature pays no attention to the public discourse. With the advent of the magazine “Russian Pioneer” we can say that the literary discourse is diving into the depths of social existence, acquiring new qualities. Such periods have already taken place in the history of Russian literature. Historical analogies give hope for the return of the reader’s interest to literary works

Pages

824-833

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/10367

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