FROM REBEL OLD LADY TO GODDESS OF CHAOS: THE TRANSFORMATION OF SHAPOKLYAK IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN POETRY |
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| 2026 |
| RUSSIAN LITERATURE |
| scientific article | 821.161.1 | ||
| 102-117 | современная русская поэзия, Виталий Пуханов, Вера Павлова, Ксения Чарыева, Эдуард Успенский, Шапокляк, ремифологизация, культурная травма, историческая память, contemporary Russian poetry, Vitali Pukhanov, Vera Pavlova, Ksenia Charyeva,, Eduard Uspensky, Shapoklyak, remythologization, cultural trauma, historical memory |
| The article examines the unique genealogy of the image of the Old Lady Shapoklyak, first introduced by Eduard Uspensky, through its poetic reinterpretations in Russian literature of the early 21st century. Based on poems by Vera Pavlova, Ksenia Charyeva, and Vitali Pukhanov, the trajectory of semantic transformation is reconstructed: from a cultural archetype of "elegant nonconformism" (Pavlova) to a cathartic deity of poetic chaos (Charyeva) and, finally, to an embodiment of historical trauma, whose fate serves as a diagnosis of Soviet cultural policy (Pukhanov). It is proved that the consistent "unpacking" of this character by contemporary poets represents a form of historiosophical exegesis of pop culture, where a children’s image becomes a palimpsest for inscribing repressed traumas of the 20th century. As a result, from a flat antagonist of Soviet pedagogy, Shapoklyak turns into a complex condenser of cultural memory and a symbol of the contingency of private fate under the pressure of Big History. The transformation of the image is examined in chronological order, revealing a dialectical spiral of its development within contemporary cultural space. The study contributes to understanding how poetic language can deconstruct ideological clich?s and actualize historical trauma through the reinterpretation of media folklore. |
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