Open Access«People of the Book» and «People of the newspaper»: Poets of the Early 20th Century Reacting to Journalism and Mass Culture
Author(s) -
Ekaterina Iosifovna Orlova
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
russkaâ literatura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 0131-6095
DOI - 10.31860/0131-6095-2022-1-221-229
Subject(s) - newspaper , journalism , poetry , mass culture , mass media , media studies , literature , phenomenon , sociology , art , political science , law , philosophy , epistemology , anthropology
The new phenomena in journalism and literature, including the penetration of certain features of mass culture into them, were refected by M. Voloshin, V. Bryusov, A. Blok, Т. Gumilyov in their appraisement of Igor Severyanin’s poetry as a phenomenon of modern culture. Defnitions «people of the book» and «people of the newspaper» belong to Gumilyov. over time, Severyanin’s poetry some — what disappointed both Blok and, largely because of the poet’s lack of desire for professional work on his verses, along with his intention to please the «public», i. e. undemanding mass reader.