Метаморфозы советского художника: А. Платонов и А. Медведкин = Metamorfozy sovetskogo chudožnika: A. Platonov i A. Medvedkin

Kukuj, Ilja (2013): Метаморфозы советского художника: А. Платонов и А. Медведкин = Metamorfozy sovetskogo chudožnika: A. Platonov i A. Medvedkin. In: Russian Literature, Vol. 73, No. 1-2: pp. 115-131

Abstract

The article discusses the problem of the difference between auctorial intention and different kinds of contemporary and subsequent interpretations in texts which pretend to fulfil the requirements of the Soviet ideological canon but at the same time bust these limitations because of the grotesque nature of the artistʼs language. The alienating prose of Andrei Platonov and the mixture of farce and proclamation in the films of Aleksandr Medvedkin (1900–1989) provide the most striking examples of such an (unintentional) art strategy that makes possible mutually exclusive readings.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Keywords: A. P. Platonov; Film; A. Medvedkin
• Faculties: Languages and Literatures > Department 2 > Slavic Philology
• Subjects: 700 Arts and recreation > 790 Sports, games and entertainment > 791 Public performances; 800 Literature > 890 Other literatures; 900 History and geography > 940 History of Europe
• ISSN: 0304-3479
• Language: Russian