DISCUSSION ON ART AND POLITICS ON THE PAGES OF THE “TCHISLA” (“NUMBERS”) MAGAZINE

Abstract

This article is dedicated to the analysis of the discussion on art and politics that took place on the pages of one of the most popular literary and art magazines of the Russian diaspora. In the course of this discussion, members of diverse literary generations of the first wave of Russian emigration expressed their characteristic opinions. The literary-theoretical, religious and philosophical positions of both the older generation and the “young” authors became clearer after this discussion. The purpose of this article is to analyze the discussion about art and politics in the magazine “Tchisla” (“Numbers”) in the general context of the development of the ideological and aesthetic position of the Russian abroad. Theoretical principles and methods of research are based on historical-typological and system-functional approaches to understanding the literary process. The work used historical, comparative, typological, system-structural methods. The main sources were theoretical texts of the “Tchisla” (“Numbers”) magazine, and also the works of such researchers of the Russian abroad as A. Bem, L. Eremina, O. Korostelev, N. Letaeva, G. Struve and others. The statements and conclusions contained in this article may be of interest not only for students and teachers, but also for a wide range of people interested in the literature and spiritual life of the Russian abroad.