The features of metacyclization in rock poetry. On the example of the lyrics of the group “DDT”

Abstract

The phenomenon of metacyclization is based on a complex system of relationships that form the lyrical cycle of works and makes it possible to realize the creative ideas of the author, potentially unresolved in poetry in other ways. The article is about the features of metacyclization in modern rock poetry on the example of the works of Y. Shevchuk, the soloist of the group “DDT”. The essence and specifics of the phenomenon in lyrics are briefly defined and the main types of its implementation are listed. The article, using specific examples from Y. Shevchuk’s poetry, considers various forms of the existence of metacycles as secondary author’s cycles and as larger-scale lyrical cycles united by theme, chronotype, etc. The means and tools used by the author to create a single composition of the cycle, the implementation of the author’s intention are characterized. The paper states that in rock poetry the compositions, the most popular or subjectively significant for the author, as a rule, are subject to secondary cyclization. It was revealed by specific examples that the context of the metacycle not only enriches the works of rock poetry with new meanings, but sometimes also transforms their text in accordance with the current author’s position one whole concept of the lyrical cycle. Numerous references to the work of Russian writers and poets, to the compositions of colleagues confirm the unity and interconnection of Yu. Shevchuk’s poetry not only with modern Russian rock, but also with Russian literature in general.