Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2017 10 (5)

Authors

Kruglova, Tatiana A.

Contact information

Kruglova, Tatiana А.: Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin 51 Lenin Str., Ekaterinburg, 620000, Russia; ; Круглова, Т.А.: Уральский федеральный университет им. первого Президента России Б.Н. Ельцина Россия, 620000, Екатеринбург, пр. Ленина, 51

Keywords

art of the “thaw”; creative work of the “Sixtiers”; social tradition; traditionalist discourse; Soviet liberal intelligentsia

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the art culture of the “ottepel” (the “thaw” period) (the middle 1950’s – the late 1960’s) through a prism of the relation between social traditions and the discourse of traditionalism. A subject of the analysis is the creative works of the liberal wing of intelligentsia (“the Sixtiers”) and their attitude towards the socialist project. The article proposes a hypothesis as follows: in the event of inactivity of the mechanism of a social tradition, the reproduction of the Soviet project is implemented based on the traditionalist discourse that is expressed in the rhetoric of the “loyalty to the fathers”, the “connection between generations” and the “responsibility”. The traditionalist discourse is supposed to hide the trauma that has appeared as a result of the inability to have a normal social continuity in the new social and cultural conditions. In terms of the artistic techniques we can observe a setting toward the search of a “zone of great meanings”, the imitation of reloading of the socialist project on a new level

Pages

741-752

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/32516

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