Journal | Lagoonscapes
Monographic journal issue | 3 | 1 | 2023
Research Article | Crossing the Border
Crossing the Border
A Comparative Study of the Forest in the Poems of Gennadij Ajgi and in the Actions of Kollektivnye Dejstvija
Abstract
In my article, I provide a comparative analysis of the forest in the production of the Russian poet Gennadij Ajgi (1934-2006) and in the performances of the artistic group Kollektivnye Dejstvija Коллективные Действия (Collective Actions, 1976-89). Relying on the principles of environmental ethics, I stress the creative value of marginality, related to both the neutral space of the forest in Soviet ideologized society and the selected authors’ exclusion from the official culture. Besides, I focus on the deep transformation of the lyrical subject who, by crossing the forest border, establishes a creative dialogic exchange with nature.
Submitted: March 2, 2023 | Accepted: April 3, 2023 | Published July 5, 2023 | Language: en
Keywords Forest • Kollektivnye Dejstvija • Soviet metanarrative • Gennadij Ajgi • Border
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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2023/01/004
