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Muromtseva A.O. Representation ofthe lyrical 'I" in the poetry by A. Podgornova // Litera. 2024. № 3. DOI: 10.25136/2409-8698.2024.3.70105 EDN: HPKHCI URL: https://en.nbpublish.comlbrary_read_article.php?id=70105
Representation of the lyrical "I" in the poetry by A. Podgornova
Muromtseva Alena Olegovna
Student, Department of Finno-Ugric Philology, National Research Mordovia State University 430005, Russia, Republic of Mordova, Saransk, Bolshevstskaya str., 68, office 513
Article was published in rubric "Poetics"
DOI:
10.25136/2409-8698.2024.3.70105
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HPKHCI
Received:
11-03-2024
Abstract: The multidimensional study of women's poetry is one of the promising strategies of modern Russian literary criticism, which allows us to reveal not only the tools of women's writing, but also the female mentality, feminine identity, and the peculiarities of reflection by a female author of the natural and social world. Among the female authors, a special place is occupied by the Erzya poet Alina Podgornova, whose works trace postmodern trends. The subject of the research in the article is the means of representing the lyrical "I" in the poet's poems. The purpose of the work is to analyze a number of the author's works, to determine the system of images through which the lyrical "I" is represented, to trace their conditioning by the postmodern worldview of the poetess. The material was composed of poems from the collections "Except rhymes", "Stranded" ("Thought"). The methodological basis of the work is determined by the structural and semantic analysis of the lyrical text, through which the structural components of the poetic image, its semantic organization, and symbolic semantics are described. The scientific novelty of the study is determined by the fact that, in the stated aspect, A. Podgornova's lyrics are for the first time considered and introduced into the context of Russian literary criticism. The article argues that the emotional and psychological state of the lyrical heroine A. Podgornova is due to the
author's worldview and axiological concept, his perception of the world as chaos, moral apocalypse. The poetess's worldview is filled with negative social manifestations that destroy the spiritual and moral essence of a person, leveling universal values. The conclusions and provisions presented in the article expand the understanding of the state and development of modern Mordovian literature.
Keywords:
modern Mordovian poetry, women's poetry, lyrics, poem, Alina Podgornova, lyrical heroine, image, symbol, metaphor, representation
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The modern literary process is increasingly disintegrating into private formations, separate ethnic literatures, topographically explicable. The text submitted for publication is thematically aimed at analyzing the representation of the lyrical "I" in the poetry of the Mordovian poetess Alina Podgornova. I would like to note that the research perspective is really relevant, new, and the material is clearly fresh, ontologically appropriate. At the beginning of the work, it is noted that "in modern Mordovian literary studies, the problems of women's poetry do not appear on the periphery of research interest, they are studied in dissertations [Dyachkova E. N. The figurative system and genre originality of Rai Orlova's artistic creativity. Saransk, 2018. 220 p.], monographs, scientific articles. At the same time, as a dynamic system, it needs deep scientific reflection, constant monitoring, and description of the main trends and directions of development. A special place in the national women's discourse is occupied by the work of Alina Podgornova, whose poetry books "Except rhymes" and "Stranded" ("Thought") they were highly appreciated by literary critics." The work has a fairly complete appearance, the basic / component parts are thought out, the assessment methodology corresponds to current trends. I believe that the main line of research is supported: such scientific overtones as "the lyrical heroine of A. Podgornova is a complex nature, on the one hand, strong, energetic, active, categorical, capable of protest, on the other - vulnerable, defenseless, sensitive, but in any case causing a variety of emotions, forcing the reader to reflect. The images through which the lyrical "I" is realized are interesting - a chick that has fallen out of the nest, a restless atom, a trumpeter musician, a young man, a mythological character, etc. Let's trace them by analyzing a number of works." The effect of the dialogue, which is expressed in the article, is, for example, legitimate, attractive. The author's point of view is built "as if from" what has already been said, but clearly not in tracing paper / repeat mode. The constructiveness of the researcher's position is understandable, partly simple, but verified: "the poem "Eleada, or Anti-Reincarnation" is built in the form of a dialogue between the heroine of ancient Greek mythology, Helen of Troy, the wife of Menelaus, and a modern woman. Through irony, the author manifests the difference in their worldview and value priorities. The wayward, self-loving and selfish "daughter of the gods" calls herself "the most beautiful of women", regardless of moral norms, openly declares that she wants new love, passion...", or "in the poem "Monologue of the trumpeter", a feeling of dissatisfaction and disappointment characteristic of postmodern consciousness is clearly traced. The work contrasts the musician and the crowd. The author positions himself as a trumpeter, whose musical gift is wasted, because people who do not understand the essence of true art come to listen to him, who want to satisfy boredom and melancholy: "I played for you. To me, someone else's husband, / You were going to quench your longing." The musician's self-sacrifice is conveyed through an extended metaphor: "I played for you. / I have opened my soul to you. / I took the doors and locks off their hinges..." etc. The style of work correlates with the scientific type itself, even the so-called "conversational tone" is sometimes appropriate, situationally justified: "A. Podgornova's lyrics are characterized by the actualization of ethnocultural problems associated with the destruction of national identity, the leveling of the traditional cultural principle, the rejection of the native Erzya language by society. The voice of the poetess is especially critical in the poem "I am a part of the people, a restless atom...", which depicts a picture of the decomposition of the national world. The lyrical heroine positions herself as a "restless atom": she is constantly in motion (not only physically, but also psychologically), cannot live calmly and steadily, there are many problems and negative emotions around her...". The conclusions of the text correspond to the main part, there are no discrepancies, no actual fragmentation; terms and concepts are introduced into the fabric of the article, taking into account connotations.
I think that the conclusion from the text is correct: "in the analyzed poems of A. Podgornova, the lyrical "I" is represented through various images (a chick "outside the nest", a man, a restless atom, a trumpeter, a mythological character, etc.), expressive (metaphor, symbol, irony), lexical, syntactic means of imagery. Tragic worldview, reflection of negative manifestations of reality, leveling of the universal value code dominate in the works. The images and motifs realized in A. Podgornova's poetry testify to her creative search, her desire to go beyond traditional poetics." The material has a pronounced practical novelty, it is advisable to use it in the mode of mastering data on the history of modern literature and the culture of Mordovia. The general requirements of the publication are taken into account, no serious editing of the text is required. I recommend the article "The representation of the lyrical "I" in the poetry of A. Podgornova" for publication in the journal "Litera" of the ID "Nota Bene".
