Abstract
The article is about the transformation of the Epitaph genre in modern lyrics, in particular, in the work of Tatiana Danilyants. Despite the relatively recent interest in the genre of Epitaph, quite a lot of observations have already been made on the genre in the twentieth century. The Epitaph as a genre focuses on both elegiac and ironic pathos, throughout its development it is on the border of several modes, having a clearly defined character of the inscription, which varies from the inscription on the tombstone to the inscription about death (sometimes even epigrammatic). With that background, it is important that Tatiana Danilyants marks the genre of her texts by collecting Epitaphs in a cycle and setting their genre reading by the title. The works of Danilyants is permeated with the theme of memory, memory allows winning back what time takes. Therefore, tragic pathos prevails in the texts, but it prevails, giving place to other features that are not mandatory in the classical memorial genre. The Epitaphs in Tatiana Danilyants’ book “Red Noise” reveal the author’s transformation of the genre: the Epitaphs combine elegiac sadness, sarcasm and bitterness, and a hymn to life. The Epitaph of Danilyants does not develop along any one path, but incorporates several vectors of transformation characteristic of modern poetry.
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