The poetics of intermediality in small prose of the post-Soviet abroad (based on the magazine “Daugava”)

Abstract

   The article studies intermediate poetics in small prose of the post-Soviet abroad, embodying artistic consciousness, formed both under the influence of the Russian cultural canon and the foreign cultural environment. Based on the magazine “Daugava”, one of the most authoritative publications of the post-Soviet countries, the article reveals different variants of intermedia synthesis. Our analysis of prose texts determined the forms of interaction between such art forms as literature, fine arts and music. In the post-Soviet abroad small prose, the study identifies a productive tendency, associated with the creation of ekphrastic works, in which ekphrasis becomes the principle of the world sacralization. The magazine contains texts, related to the phenomenon of the artist’s prose, demonstrating the author’s original style of writing, which correlates with his drawing technique. The article considers the possibilities of the intermedial genre of etude in expressing a special artistic consciousness, as well as various forms of visualization and musicalization of the text, determining the specifics of the genre. The study of short prose, published in the Daugava magazine from 1991, confirms the idea that the intermedial code of the post-Soviet abroad literature acts as a sign of cultural memory that revives spiritual and moral values in the era of crisis.