Authorial deafness. Shadows of Nietzsche and Maeterlinck in Gorky’s shiftology
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2025-11-317-326
Abstract
The article analyzes the phenomenon of “authorial deafness”, articulated by Maxim Gorky as a specific insensitivity of writers to living oral speech and linguistic nuances in the era dominated by newspaper media. It studies parallels between that phenomenon and the aesthetic concepts of shiftology (sdvigologia) developed by Kruchyonykh, while discussing the musical-sound and theatrical dimensions of literary text in relation to the media aesthetics of Symbolism, Futurism, and avant-garde theater. Special attention is paid to the influence of Nietzsche and Maeterlinck’s ideas on the notion of deafness as both a stage position and a cultural phenomenon conditioned by modern communication means. The role of Gorky’s theater as a space for overcoming deafness through sound and bodily-gestural sensitivity is analyzed, alongside the place of intermediality and media in renewing artistic perception.
About the Author
A. V. Markov
Russian State University for the Humanities
Россия
Россия
Aleksandr V. Markov, Dr. of Sci. (Philology)
6-6, Miusskaya Sq., Moscow
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Markov A.V. Authorial deafness. Shadows of Nietzsche and Maeterlinck in Gorky’s shiftology. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2025;(11(2)):317-326. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2025-11-317-326
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