Павел Сергеевич Глушаков, доктор филологических наук, литературовед, независимый исследователь,
125375, г. Москва, Б. Гнездниковский пер., д. 10.
Pavel S. Glushakov, Doctor of Philology, literary critic, independent researcher,
10, Bolshoy Gnezdnikovsky Ln., Moscow, 125375.
В статье выявляется подтекст рассказа Василия Шукшина «Гена Пройдисвет». Для этого текста чрезвычайно важна оппозиция «свой — чужой», первый элемент которой составляют традиционная христианская образность, фольклорная символика и мифологические бестиарные мотивы. «Чужое» представлено образами бардовской культуры и авторской песни.
The article details the subtext of V. Shukshin’s shorts story ‘Gena Proydisvet.’ The story centres around yet another weird and amusing character — a frequent type in Shukshin’s novellas. The protagonist seems constantly preoccupied with soul-searching, while his behaviour is depicted as complex and ambiguous, indicating inner duality. This duality becomes a driving force for the poetics of the short story. The text emphasizes the ‘us-and-them’ dichotomy. In this regard, the ‘ours’ is described through traditional Christian imagery, folklore symbolism, and mythological bestiary motifs. The ‘theirs’ is represented by images of the ‘bard’ culture and songs by author-songwriters. The story sees explosive and destructive trends clash with their conservative opposites, deemed to safeguard traditional culture and society. The former are shown through an allusion to V. Vysotsky’s song ‘Fastidious steeds’ [‘Koni prive redlivye’]. The latter are traced in S. Esenin’s poetics, including his contrasting of two bestiary symbols: a steed and a cow.
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest present.