Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2015 8 (7)

Authors

Spivakovsky, Pavel E.

Contact information

Spivakovsky, Pavel E.:Moscow State University 1-51 Leninskie Gory, 1 Humanities Building, Moscow, 119991, Russia; E-mail:

Keywords

metanarrative; postmodern; theory; tragic; Lyotard; Decker; Pelevin; Sorokin

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of metanarratives in contemporary art. Arguing with J.-F. Lyotard’s famous statement that Postmodern is defined as incredulity towards metanarratives, the author asserts that in the Postmodern age metanarratives have not become a thing of the past, but acquired new features, thus becoming an essential component of postmodern aesthetics. Old metanarratives, which invariably carried ideological implications and thereby lost their relevance, are now replaced with new ones, associated with contemporary problematics and a particularly postmodern reception of the tragic. The author emphasizes the crucial character of a total revision of the axiological bases of modern society, seen as a way of liberating the perception of present problems from the burden of the old, noncurrent approaches, and clearing the way for the new metanarratives, free of the prejudices of the past. The methodology of the article is based on an interdisciplinary approach. It involves explora-tion of metanarratives, expressed not only in fiction, but also in Willy Decker’s staging of the opera “La Traviata,” shown at the 2005 Salzburger Festspiele. Particular attention is given to the problem of the empty metaphysical center, which itself can be a source of pluralistic metanarration, free from ideology

Pages

1360-1365

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/19677

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