The ordinary person in the fictional world of Alexander Galich
Alexander Galich, a prominent singer-songwriter, built a gallery of socio-psychological types, central to which was the image of the ordinary Soviet person. This article focuses on the motif of death/immortality as a plot component describing the fate of a small person in Galich’s poetry. The place of the ordinary person in Galich’s creative ‘characterology’ is identified. The groundwork for a classification of the ordinary person types is laid and key motifs of plots introducing the...
Regularity and serendipity: a systemic asymmetry of singer songwriting
The author analyses the works of singer songwriters, i. e. lyrics of bard songs and rock poetry, from the point of view of their plot and their place in the typology of texts. The author identifies a discrepancy between the principles of building the plot of songs and the methods of creating ...
The “rough style” of Vladimir Vysotsky: Problem statement
... Творческая эволюция. М., 1997.
6. Свиридов С. В. Поэтические константы Окуджавы // Голос надежды: новое о Булате. М., 2007. Вып. 4. С. 336—348.
Sviridov S.
singer/songwriter, guitar poetry, Vysotsky, «rough style»
90-95
Nobody’s girl riding a merry-go-round. On the intertextual code of Yana Dyagileva’s song
... Направленность эволюции. М., 1990.
8. Янка Дягилева. Биография // Янка Дягилева : [сайт]. URL: http://yanka.lenin.ru/biograf.htm (дата обращения: 07.06.2012).
Sviridov S.
singer/songwriter, rock poetry, Dyagileva, intertextuality, poetics
158-163