Open AccessACTUALIZATION, MYTHOLOGIZATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE LITERARY HERO: THE STIRLITZ PHENOMENON
Author(s) -
L. A. Yakusheva
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
verhnevolžskij filologičeskij vestnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2499-9679
DOI - 10.20323/2499-9679-2020-4-23-189-195
Subject(s) - phenomenon , conceptualization , literature , semiotics , mythology , ideology , popularity , aesthetics , criticism , semiotics of culture , history , literary criticism , hero , sociology , epistemology , philosophy , art , law , linguistics , politics , political science
Conceptualization of artistic actions of the last XX century is a natural and logical process. In the cultural studies discourse of the Soviet cultural typology we can see a sustained interest in educational problems based on visualized acts of a semiotic and semantic range, which are defined through the cultural context of the epoch. The most recognizable sign-index of the 1970s (in terms of time, ideological system and Soviet mentality) is Maxim IsaevStierlitz. On the one hand, this is an image which artistic value was questioned even when it had appeared. On the other hand, mass popularity turned Stierlitz in a precedent phenomenon, and the consideration of canonization conditions inspired this research. The article continues the author's series of publications dedicated to «homo soveticus» and the phenomena of the Soviet era – communal apartments, shop lines, summer cottages. The author, based on her intuition and also on the synthesis of cultural and literary analysis, actualizes resources of myth-based criticism and history of memory, and reconstructs one of the most popular myth-images in literature and cinema of the second half of the XX century – the image of the popular Soviet spy. The research focuses on the reasons of Stierlitz’s mass popularity, archetypal qualities of this character, and its perception by difference cultural generations. The author analyzes vectors of this character’s mythologization.