Open AccessKEY WORDS “BELL”, “SMALL BELLS” IN ALEXANDER BASHLACHEV’S POEM “THE TIME OF BELLS”
Author(s) -
Людмила Ивановна Донецких,
S.P. Chekmareva
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vestnik udmurtskogo universiteta. istoriâ i filologiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2413-2454
pISSN - 2412-9534
DOI - 10.35634/2412-9534-2020-30-3-395-402
Subject(s) - magic (telescope) , poetry , literature , mythology , folklore , poetics , literal and figurative language , irrational number , metaphor , existentialism , key (lock) , nothing , art , history , philosophy , aesthetics , linguistics , physics , geometry , mathematics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , ecology , biology
A. Bashlachev’s poetry reflects the historical background of Russia in 1970-1990s, the world perception of rock generation, the thirst for spiritual growth. Artistic identity of the poet who grew up on Russian mythological and folklore traditions, reliance on legacy of Russian literature shaped his individuality within a short period of time. With all its transparency his discourse becomes figurative and symbolic, requires deep plunge into the background of the era and philosophical evaluation. A. Bashlachev transforms his poems into the myth-like texts-codes. He makes his way from rational to irrational. These are magic meanings assigned to the poetics of the key words “bell” and “small bell” as reflected in the poem “The time of bells”. From verse to verse A. Bashlachev brings together discovered keys relying on historical and domestic truth contributing to their existential meanings - Life, People, Russia - with everyday and natural issues - poets who are able to meet the challenges of Time. It is this very understanding of the idioimages - Bell and Poets - that leads the rock-poet to the final of his search for the Name of Names.