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Brodsky as a mirror of Russian provincialism
Nerve, essence, core, existence, the quintessence of Brodsky - provincialism. More precisely - the ideology, attitude and outlook of provincialism.
Brodsky - more than a poet. He is the leader and ideologist of the whole trend in modern culture - provincialism.
Actually, the fact that he was born in the provincial city of Leningrad, spoke for himself. And even could not continue.
For cultural Muscovite is impossible to imagine a more provincial town, embodied the whole ideology of provincialism than "Peter".
Leningrad became hopelessly settling the province as lost its status as capital. Deteriorated quickly, did not last a few months.
Brodsky and a team of associates from his generation understood, in what turned out to be a dump. Therefore set ourselves the task of turning their own inferiority and uebischnost in celebration of the Nobel Prize.
Possible.
How?
I had to try.
The team Brodsky beautifully presented, that there is a huge untilled field - endless Sewer-USSR superpower - from Kaliningrad through Kiev, and Asia to Vladivostok. Hated stain that can not be removed, looked Moscow - "capital", where in contrast to the steel oblivion with might and main seething intellectual metaphysical life.
The contradictions between capital (including cultural) life and provincial were glaring, glaring. Especially with regard to modern culture. In general, Peter had no idea who this Mamleev. Anyway anything have no idea.
Brodsky understand that meddling in Moscow, and even more so to win it for the poet to his level - meaningless. The boy from the provinces too tough capital bison. Cultural Space of Moscow densely occupied taken lightly geniuses. From Gubanov Mamleeva, Zvereva, Rabin, Limonov to Gladilina-Aksenova-Yevtushenko. Then - everywhere, in every apartment (basement, attic, in the boiler room, lifterskoy) - for the prophet, and not with the provincial, and with the Capital mentality. Brodsky was aware that he is not Suvorov, to take an impregnable fortress.
For the team Brodsky had no other options, as do the truly titanic work ideologically to seize anything that is not Moscow - simply speaking province, to become a leader in the periphery, to compile and build an absolute ideology of inferiority, and a banner proclaiming himself the leader of the fringe, but - with audacious oriented NOBEL PRIZE.
No sooner said than done.
Brodsky as a born accountant sat down and counted how and what to write and do to become (HAVE THE RIGHT to position themselves) as an ideology, an alternative Moscow avant-garde.
It is clear that Moscow has always been weak on intelligence. Well, what of us "intellectuals". More so - in the 60's - 70's. We were - shamans, accusers, heralds, prophets, holy fools.
Brodsky knew that to win you need only to contrast the capital irrationalism - the strict classical rationalism, dressed in a form of "ritmizirovannoy, zombiruyuschey erudition" - as an endless postmodern play on words, images, concepts, categories and meanings. What a postmodern, non-stop.
People shavaet, because literature teacher from Ryazan, reading Gubanova or Mamleeva not sleep at night. It is therefore appropriate to offer her a smart, full of metaphors, but absolutely distilled to poetry.
Brodsky's brilliant invention was ideal bait for the defective part of intellectuals - who are not read by the forces of "terrible", and prefer to solve "puzzles" and "crossword".
What to invite friends brighten leisure, prepariruya someone unowned dead or at worst, to do group sex with invited homeless people, where the "ethical" and decent play puzzle type of Rubik's cube.
The main thing - absolutely sterile and safe for women and children's psyche and at the same time creates a simulation of mental activity.
Explain the popularity. Today the place is competently Brodsky D. Bykov. It is absolutely equal and consubstantial with him a literary figure of all Hypostases. Is that "his" NOBEL PRIZE got Brodsky. But no one doubts that he will get a million other prizes, which eventually will reduce the balance.
By the way, inexplicable attraction and love for Venice Brodsky explained it was his undying, animals provincialism. By that time, as Brodsky arrived in Venice, the city, like the rest of Europe, has become a hopeless and the province of garbage. A sedimentation "former" city in Europe is impossible to imagine. Naturally, the passion for Venice Brodsky once again proved that he is - a singer and ideologist PROVINCE in the most wretched of its incarnations. In the passion of Brodsky to Venice embodies its complex provincial capitals in panic fearing their violent cultural and artistic life.
Even as I was told, the poet was buried at a dump, which he was immensely pleased to advance.
Brodsky feat that in his work he has compiled and accumulated all the quintessence of provincial thinking, presented in contemporary culture, to justify the existence Provincialism Ideology, has given its highest grandeur and brilliance of intellect, and finally got the idea for his loyalty to the service and the task of the Nobel Prize.
His contemporaries - inhabitants of the capital - NOBEL PRIZE failed - again for reasons of the same poses on all of us political correctness - they say, will be the humanitarian point of genius from the provinces and the capital - as always wait. In Moscow's already all geniuses in sight. Where they go, basking in the glow of fame and success without Nobelevok. More humane will be noted and reward someone "from the slums".