Artistic Originality Research Articles

“Speak your word and break!”

Abstract By tracing an alternative aesthetics of decomposition and fragmentation, this article offers a new understanding of the literary and poetological strategies Knut Hamsun uses to create a disintegrating text cosmos wherein the idea of ‘creation out of nothing’ (creatio ex nihilo) is one key to artistic originality. The article explores the interdependence of different notions of decline and shows that the image of the (biblical) fall is particularly important to the poetics and aesthetic structure of Hamsun’s Hunger (Sult, 1890). Around 1900, ideas of wholeness crumble, a decomposition which is reflected in the well-established philosophical and anthropological experiments of Nietzsche, Bourget and Simmel. Taking some of their aesthetic assumptions as a point of departure, the present paper argues that Hamsun’s novel offers an aesthetic variation on the decline of unity-based concepts, ranging from the subject to religious belief as well as to traditional storytelling.

Analysis of Creative Skills in Various Secondary School Programs in Slovenia

There is a lack of research in the field of monitoring artistic creativity in secondary schools in Slovenia, so a study was conducted on the population of 81 pupils of different secondary school programs in Slovenia, aged 16 years, where we monitored artistic creative abilities. We analysed the achievements of pupils in terms of common artistic abilities, and also examined differences between groups of factors of artistic creativity, which encourage and enable artistic creativity, as well as in terms of differences in individual factors of artistic creativity. The analysis was aimed at identifying the differences between different secondary school programs. The results show that pupils in the art secondary school program generally lead the way. However, the pupils of the general secondary school program achieved better results in the factor of artistic originality. Such a result confirms that good results can be achieved in the field of the development of artistic creativity also in general secondary school programs with the appropriate art pedagogical work. Key words: artistic creativity, creativity, factors of artistic creativity, pupils

Boris Pasternak and Silver Age Intellectual Culture: From Modernist Aesthetics to the New Classical

ABSTRACT Boris Pasternak is a key figure in the history of twentieth-century Russian culture. The artistic originality of his poetry and prose has been the subject of fruitful discussion within literary theory and history, the phrase “the poetry of Pasternak” has been interpreted as a culturological concept, and the novel Doctor Zhivago has been recognized as perhaps the most significant work of Russian literature of the last century. This article examines the issues related to Pasternak’s inheriting of the values and meanings of Russian classical culture, which became a focus of polemics among Russian émigré intellectuals. The author argues that Pasternak inherits and masters the artistic language of modernism (as a complex result of intertwining of Symbolism, Acmeism, and Futurism), yet in the process of his development as literati he clearly overcomes the aesthetic attitudes of modernism, eventually arriving at a new version of the classical. Pasternak’s poetry and prose addresses the spiritual issues central to Russian literature. The unique interpretation and resolution of these urgent issues in the writer’s mind determines the content of his profoundly original aesthetics of creativity.

Проблема интерпретации новеллы «Тень» в контексте оккультно-мистической художественной образности

The study aims to identify mystical and occult elements in E. A. Poe’s tale-parable “Shadow”. Mystical and occult phenomena - metempsychosis, death, living but dead body, astrological and numerological symbolism - are subjected to a comprehensive analysis. It is shown that using mystical and occult elements, the writer creates a unique multilayer polysemantic work containing an allegorical component. Scientific novelty of the paper lies in the fact that E. A. Poe’s creative work is considered from the viewpoint of its occult and mystical figurativeness and artistic originality. The researcher concludes on the importance of occult and mystical artistic elements while interpreting E. A. Poe’s works.

Компаративный анализ художественной специфики сказок о животных (на материале британских и русских сказок)

The purpose of the study is to provide an insight into artistic originality of the British and Russian animalistic fairy-tales. Specificities of this type of fairy-tales are reflected in composition techniques, original plots and images, use of particular linguistic means. Scientific novelty of the research lies in conducting a comparative analysis of the animalistic fairy-tale genre within two folklore traditions. It has been found that composition of the British and Russian animalistic fairy-tales is based on repetition, which helps to convey the main idea of a folklore work. Plots of the British fairy-tales deal with various moral aspects of life, reflect nationally accepted notions of moral and ethical standards and principles. The Russian animalistic fairy-tales, apart from addressing didactic problems, highlight social issues, especially those related to unfair legal proceedings.

Передача образа главного героя «младоанглийского» романа Б. Дизраэли «Танкред, или Новый крестовый поход» в русском переводе XIX в.

The paper considers poetics of the Russian translation of B. Disraeli’s political novel “Tancred: or, the New Crusade” executed in the second half of the XIX century. The article focuses on the problem of the main character’s image transfer when translating. Relevance of the study lies in the fact that the author discusses topical problems of receptive aesthetics, comparative literary studies and crosscultural communication. Scientific originality of the research involves introducing previously unknown linguistic material. The findings allow identifying an anonymous translator’s intention, on the one hand, to transfer artistic originality of the political novel preserving its problematics and poetics, and, on the other hand, to make it in tune with the Russian literary trends of the second half of the XIX century and to adapt the text for the general reader.

Художественное своеобразие природоведческой прозы В. П. Сысоева

The article examines the artistic world of V. P. Sysoev’s naturalistic works. The researcher reveals typological features of V. P. Sysoev’s prose, analyzes the personages system, the stories’ motive structure and specificity of artistic representation of the Far Eastern natural world. The research objective includes identifying artistic peculiarities of V. P. Sysoev’s works. Originality of the study involves the comprehensive approach to analyzing specificity of V. P. Sysoev’s naturalistic prose. The conclusion is made that artistic originality of V. P. Sysoev’s prose is due to synthesis of the classical hunting story and the naturalistic sketch and is determined by aesthetics of natural-philosophical prose of the second half of the XX century.

Художественное своеобразие новеллы К. Ф. Майера «Амулет»

The article considers artistic originality of the novella “The Amulet” by the classic of the XIX-century Swiss literature Conrad Ferdinand Meyer. The researchers’ attention is focused on compositional peculiarities. Frame construction, climax, denouement are analysed, story-formative conflicts are identified, dynamic and static motives are examined. The paper argues that the thesaurus approach, which is for the first time applied to reveal specificity of C. F. Meyer’s artistic world, is the most efficient while studying the novella’s motive structure.

The effect of participation in a popular band program on students’ musical and extra-musical outcomes in Korea

The increased attention to the use of popular music within the classroom is not new. In fact, music educators in many countries have discussed the incorporation of popular music into mainstream music education for decades. South Korea is no exception, and the younger generation has a genuine interest in and sensitivity toward popular music. Yet, South Korea has been slow to incorporate popular music into its mainstream school music curriculum. Recently, the popular band has been gaining its popularity as a new kind of ensemble program inside and outside the school in South Korea. Thus, the purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of a popular band program, the “Little Bob Dylan Band,” on students’ musical and extra-musical outcomes. Thirty-five students participated in the program, and, in this study, both students and their parents completed a survey and were individually interviewed. Results indicated that the program enabled students to have new and deepened musical experiences in their lives. In addition, students were able to develop artistic originality through an integrated curriculum that involved cooperation with peers while creating and playing music together.

Образы природы в творчестве Джаминат Керимовой

The article aims to identify specificity of nature images in D. Kerimova’s lyrical works. Artistic originality of the poetical texts is emphasized, their comparative-contrastive analysis is conducted. The paper focuses on analysing the poems’ figurative system and poetics. Scientific originality of the study lies in the fact that the researcher for the first time examines the poetess’s landscape lyrics. The conclusion is made that the analysis of the poetical works allows identifying the author’s attitude towards nature and human life. D. Kerimova’s landscape descriptions are characterized by laconism, diversity of motives and introduction of philosophical problematics.

The hutsul music features in the structural and stylistic context of the performing folkloryzm

Research objective. The article aims to describe the structural and stylistic components of performing folklorism and consideration regarding the existing definitions of multifaceted concept «performing folklorism», which represents theoretical and methodological tools for deep analysis of stylistics, genre, technical and performing elements and musical features that folklore expresses, their extrapolation to performing interpretative diversity in the context of Ukrainian music art. The methodology of the research is based on the theoretical, historical, comparative and analytical methods. The scientific novelty outlines structural and stylistic components of performing folklorism, which significantly affect the expression of national features in modern Ukrainian performing art. Conclusions. In a concept “performing folklorism” are two ponderable constituents in the dialogic form of intercommunication of these systems: professional academic performing art and folklore in his various palette of expression. Performing interpretation is a main point of arranged and ethnographic folklorism, that present performing folklorism. An important value in the context of modern national performing style belongs to the Hutsul instrumental traditional music, which is the unique artistic phenomenon of the Ukrainian musical culture. In general, the Hutsul genres played an important role in the formation and development of Ukrainian instrumental music, even though the Hutsul performance tradition mostly has an instrumental type of music presentation. The Hutsul region presents a numeral musical tool, ramified genre palette, and original stylish description that is provided due to the whole complex of structural and performing elements (strokes, articulation, fingering principles, timbre descriptions of sounding, dynamic). The outlined lines of the Hutsul folklore are traced in academic performing art. It follows to underline the originality of artistic expression and stylish originality of musical art of the Carpathian region, that predefined by the row of objective structural and style components: 1) maintenance and functioning of archaic elements of musical structure, such as a variant, improvisation, repetition; 2) considerable genre variety of executable music (kolomyjka, hutsulka, Ukrainian dance, hopak, snowstorm); 3) rhythms, as a cementing factor of musically-composition structure; 4) ornamental melodious line. The outlined structural and style components of the Hutsul folklore present wide interpretation multiplicity within the performing folklorism. The ponderable constituent of traditional music is the various system of technically-performing features. On technically-performing and genre-stylish levels, violin traditional art of the Hutsul region presents all system of the musical expressive features, presents traditional professional school of the violin performing art with a clear vector on the maintenance of archaic structures of musical compositions and them highly-artistic interpretation based on a wide palette of the whole complex of technical possibilities, that crystallized in the folktraditional performing. Ukrainian vocal, instrumental and vocally-instrumental collectives reconstruct an authentic genre-stylish model within the performing folklorism. Underlined the diversity of folk styles, symbiosis of the folk manner of singing with the academic vocal art. Thus, the national performing style provides an intelligent and deep interpretation of authorial works of folklore maintenance, a study of a wide palette of the traditional music that is characterized by ethnic characteristic intonation (concept of O. Kozarenko) musicians. The stylish component of performing folklorism presents differentiation of folk styles of implementation, following regional features, genres, forms, features of the traditional musical expressiveness. Performing folklorism, as a highly artistic phenomenon in Ukrainian music art, opened new possibilities for the representation of folk-instrumental and vocal traditions in the context of the national professional academic performing. Review and learning of the structural and stylistic components of performing folklorism, such as ethnic-regional style, genre characteristics, details, articulation, fingering, manner of play, vocal manner, dynamic nuances, timbral coloristic palette, determines the quality of the performing interpretation of the music compositions with the brightly national dominant. Within the performing folklorism crystallized appropriate professional repertoire, which comprises genres of vocal, choir, and instrumental music with the bright images and symbols of Ukrainian national folklore.

Exploring Mental Health Disorders and Creativity

The cognitive issues that occur in most individuals who have mental health illnesses are well recognized. However, it is increasingly recognized that in a few individuals the presence of a mental health illness is closely connected with significant artistic originality and success. This has been seen in painting, music, and other arts, and it appears increasingly likely that the mental health illness is a pre-requisite to these individuals, such as Van Gogh, reaching such extraordinary artistic heights.

АНІМАЦІЯ ЯК ІНСТРУМЕНТ РАДЯНСЬКОЇ ПОЛІТИЧНОЇ ПРОПАГАНДИ ТА ФОРМА ЗБЕРЕЖЕННЯ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ КУЛЬТУРИ ТА МОВИ

The article explores the problem of the dual status of Ukrainian animation in the context of its historical development due to various cultural, economic and political reasons. In the pre-war period animation was an instrument of political propaganda of the Soviet government, which tried to recreate its ideological positions in it, or animation became simply an advertising means of demonstrating the achievements of the Soviet government. Thus, the attitude to it as a manifestation of a creative idea is complicated, and therefore in the middle of the twentieth century, the genre itself is declining. Its revival took place in a more liberal period, and therefore gives a little more opportunity to demonstrate the creative ideas of artists of this period. This is due to technical development, the opportunity for Soviet animators to use the modern achievements of Western film studios. Already in the second half of the twentieth century animation acquires unique features, Ukrainian flavor with its folklore, language and culture, although the plots are still under strict censorship. In fact, the binary nature of Ukrainian animation as a means of propaganda and at the same time creative realization of artists can be traced throughout its existence, from 1927, which is considered the year of origin of Ukrainian animation, to the present day. Those characters, created in the second half of the twentieth century, were remembered for their uniqueness and brightness, unique style of artistic image and originality of technical performance. The difficulties associated with the shortage of professional equipment, qualified personnel, were offset by creativity and creative abilities, unusual plots and unique ways of their implementation. The peculiarity of this study lies in a new look at Ukrainian animation as a mirror of political, cultural, economic processes, in the analysis of cultural elements reproduced by filmmakers, features of the Ukrainian language, traditions. The study provides an explanation of the reasons for the state of Ukrainian animation that we have today, because they are hidden in the process of its formation in the twentieth century.

Поэтика и жанрово-стилистические особенности рутульских народных сказок

Rutuli is one of the most ancient peoples - inhabitants of the Caucasus, whose history, folklore, and culture are not adequately studied. Nevertheless, oral folk art, carefully transmitted from one generation to another, is striking in its richness of forms and genres. These are couplets — the real pearls of a poetic syllable that obey strict laws — two verses are a contrast: the first line contains a picture of nature, the second contains the mental states of the lyrical hero; have a rhyme; both lines consist of 8 syllables, for example: Гьай джан дуьнйаа, дад адишды,Дерд гьухьус духул гидишды. The world does not make happy, my sorrow will blow rock. Былахад хьед маа хъыгадий, Вахда ул ливес йигадий. A sip of water used from a spring, At least once to look at you. (Our translation). We managed to publish a collection of proverbs of rutules, but the material found in the speech of native speakers makes us think that not a fifth of the proverbial collection has been collected. Fairy-tale material is also richly presented. Rutulian tales have not been published so far and have not served as the subject of scientific analysis. This work is the first attempt at a special analysis of the artistic originality of the Rutulian fairy tale - the folklore genre, which represents a literary heritage and reflects the national specificity of the literary thinking of the people that has developed over millennia.

Собеседница поэтов Анна Готовцева

The article examines the history of the publication of some works by the little-known poetess of the first third of the 19th century Anna Gotovtseva, including her poem addressed to A.S. Pushkin, and poems by A.S. Pushkin and P.A. Vyazemsky, appealed to Gotovtseva. The author reveals some features of the historical and literary process, which influenced the poetic dialogue of writers, published in the “Northern Flowers” almanac, which marked the emergence of female professional poetry in the literature of the first third of the 19th century. A.I. Gotovtseva’s poems are analyzed in the context of the contemporary Russian poetry o that time, and the artistic originality of her works is revealed in comparison with the lyrics of poets of the elegiac romanticism. The author considers the influence of French writers such as Alphonse de Lamartin and Madame Janlis on the development of literary opinions and priorities of the provincial poetess, which predetermined the internal contradiction of the poetic dialogue between Pushkin and his admirer Anna Gotovtseva. The hypothesis about the indirect influence of “Note” by Janlis on the development of the controversy about women writers reflected both in the journalistic statements and in the artistic works by Pushkin and his contemporaries – men of letters – is tested in the article.

Among Geniuses: Artistic and Aesthetic Originality of Ivan Klyushnikov’s Poetry

The article is dedicated to the work of Ivan Klyushnikov, a representative of the reflective poetry of Russian romanticism of the 30s – 40s of the XIX century, to indicate the ideological and artistic originality of his poems. In the article, the author traces the main thematic trends of Klyushnikov’s lyrics, characteristic of romantic poetry of the first half of the XIX century: philosophical, historical, the theme of love, nature, and the destiny of the poet and poetry. According to the author, the main distinguishing feature of Klyushnikov’s poetry is that he, like no other romantic poet, revealed the psychology of the “superfluous man”. Besides, with his fate and his work, he captured the tragedy of young people of that time, striving for good, justice and happiness, but for subjective and objective reasons unable to advance their ideal. The main genre of Klyushnikov's poetic is an elegy, which tonality fully corresponds to the definition of this genre given by Belinsky. Hopeless longing from unfulfilled dreams, failed love, and incomplete life is its dominant motive. His lyrics is a confession of a person who in his development has passed from romantic illusions to the consciousness of his insecurity and failure in all spheres of life. The image of a lyrical hero embodied the features characteristic of the spiritual image of the poet himself, as well as of the whole generation. This is precisely the pathos of the poet’s creativity. Klyushnikov’s poetic legacy is remarkable in reproducing the era and the spiritual world of many thinking people of that time, as well as in presenting deeply personal moods. Thinking about his life, about life in general, about reality – all this, captured in the lyrics, becomes a true and fare reflection of contemporaneity.

UKRAINIAN LIBERAL STRUGGLE IN LEONID PERFETSKYIʼS BATTLE PAINTINGS

Summary. The purpose of the work is to investigate the Ukrainian liberation struggle period displayed in L. Perfeckyiʼs work, the artist-battalist, analyzing the artistic manner and the relevance of the historical events interpretation. The methodology of the research is based on the application of a set of methods: the general theoretical – analysis, systematization, generalization of the studied sources; the historical and the retrospective – to study the artistʼs creation stages and the artistʼs works; the art studies – in order to analyze the general creative style and the artistʼsartistic manner. The scientific novelty of the work is that for the first time L. Perfeckyiʼs creative heritage in the battle painting sphere is presented as a complete study, which clearly reflects the Ukrainian independence armed struggle period; the attention was also paid to the relationship between the artistʼs direct participation in hostilities and his service in the ranks of the UNR Army with the subsequent creative activity, which influenced the formation of a realistic style of the artist in conjunction with modernist quests. The conclusions. Unfortunately, the number of artist works were partially lost. However, the preserved ones give an opportunity to think about the artistʼs extraordinary talent and the artistic originality, who witnessed the real events and skillfully embodied them in the artworks. L. Perfetskyi became known as the Ukrainian battalist painter, who managed to reproduce skillfully one of the most difficult periods in Ukrainian history. In addition, Leonidʼs works are supported by his personal view concerning the above-mentioned events as the direct participant. Taking into consideration, the scattered documentary sources, an artistʼs true-to-life image is also important in exploring various aspects of historical events, which makes Leonid Perfetskyiʼs works extremely valuable. Apart from the artistic point of view, Leonid Perfetskyiʼs works are known for their artistic references and searches among the modernist European trends, Cubism, which is constantly reflected in the increased expression and the paintings dynamics. L. Perfetskyiʼs works are filled with the creative experience and the genuine realism, which are capable of conveying the truthfulness seen through many decades.

“The Gray House” by Mariam Petrosyan in the context of the literary tradition of magical realism

The paper deals with a comprehensive analysis of the formal and substantive components of Mariam Petrosyan’s novel “The Gray House” (“The House in Which ...”). The publication of the novel in 2009 provoked extremely diverse criticism. The authors pay much attention to the artistic originality of the novel and substantiate that it can be classified among works written using the method of magical realism. At the beginning of the paper, the authors provide a review of the works devoted to the theoretical aspects of the method of magical realism. The article is based on the correlation between the “strange” (in the researchers’ opinion) poetry of M. Petrosyan and the specifi of the above-mentioned method, the peculiarities of the “magical language”, taking into account critical publications about the novel. The analysis of the specifics of the plot, composition, the conflict and represented characters makes it possible to consider M. Petrosyan’s work in the context of the above-mentioned literary tradition.

History of Ahtyrki Manor Complex Formation

The article concerns the formation of the manor complex of Akhtyrka in the context of the development of Russian estate culture of the early XIX century. Based on textual and graphic materials, the author makes an attempt to clarify the features of the planning structure and the figurative and artistic originality of the estate, formed in the 1820s. The new manor complex was located on the picturesque steep slope of the left bank of the river Vorya, that was specially blocked to create very vast ponds, effectively edged with landscape and regular parts of the park. All elements of manor buildings corresponded to the style of late Moscow classicism, in particular, the architectural work of D. Gilardi. The central elevated part of the palace was crowned with a dome, and its garden façade was accented by a semi-secular terrace located in the center. Its northern facade was accented by a six-columned portico with a pediment decorated with the stucco coat of arms of the Princes Trubetskoy. On the north side, an extensive front yard was approaching the building, which in plan was close to the shape of a square. In its central part there was a pool with a fountain, around which roses and many other no less bright colors grew along symmetrically laid paths. The formation of the park fully met the general planning plan developed by one of the outstanding masters of landscape gardening art. On the lithographs dated 1st half of the XIX century by an unknown artist called “View of the village of Akhtyrki, owned by Prince Ivan Nikolaevich Trubetskoy. From Moscow - 60, and from Khotkovo in 3 versts ” this newly created complex is represented by picturesque ponds. Here we find their asymmetric shores, elegantly drawn, the bridge, the vast landscape park, the alleys and the very long volume of the main manor house, which rises spectacularly over the entire surrounding area. In front of the southern facade of the main house, a vast meadow was built on the relief smoothly lowering to the ponds. Near the building itself, birch trees flanked it, and from the east and west there were straight avenues planted only with lindens. At the coastline, we notice asymmetrically planted cypress trees together with shrubs. In 1924, the manor house burned down, which entailed the complete liquidation of the estate complex.

Историко-культурное наследие и развитие исторического поселения город Томск

В статье освещается актуальная для России проблема сохранения и развития исторических поселений на примере города Томска - исторического поселения федерального значения. Особое внимание в публикации уделяется вопро­су регионального своеобразия, необходимости и значимости его сохранения для развития старинного сибирского города, различным аспектам такого подхода. Объектом исследования является фрагмент исторического центра Томска - террито­рия, связанная с местом рождения города, так называемый музеефицированный комплекс «Старый Томск». Предмет исследования - историко-культурный потенциал этой уни­кальной территории и возможности его использования. На основании значительного объёма научных исследований и проектных решений, выполненных автором и под его ру­ководством, предлагается вариант сохранения и развития территории с учётом ценности и степени сохранности её отдельных фрагментов. Научно-обоснованное приспособле­ние исторической застройки рассматривается в статье как действенный механизм не только сохранения, но и развития этой исторической территории, формирующей архитектурно­художественное своеобразия города.
 В заключение статьи внимание акцентируется на взаимо­связи между отношением к историко-культурному наследию и уровнем национальной безопасности, научно-обоснованным использованием наследия и решением ряда первостепенных задач, стоящих перед нашим государством. Делается вывод, что к уникальному явлению мировой культуры относится не только деревянная застройка российских городов второй половины XIX - начала XX столетия, но и целостная средовая система, представленная деревянной застройкой этого периода и сохранившаяся в Томске. Этим обусловлена высо­кая степень нашей ответственности за её сохранение перед соотечественниками и мировым сообществом.