THE PHILOSOPHICAL POETRY OF AN EXISTENTIAL NIGHTMARE, OR THE SMASH-HIT PASSIONS AROUND THE "THIRD OF SEPTEMBER"

Abstract

The object of the study was the song “The Third of September”, popular in Russia since 1993 (composer I. Krutoy, author of the text I. Nikolaev), which became the calling card of M. Shufutinsky. Existential, analytical and semantic methods were chosen as research methods. As a result of the analysis, it turned out that the favorite composition is still present in musical rotations and has been listened to by several generations of people, for many of whom it has become the main symbol of separation and failed love. Despite the banality of the text and the memorability of the main motive, the hit reveals veiled features that reveal the existential states and experiences of the hero. It is in the philosophical poetry, which allows one to convey the existential-ontological situation of separation and the emotions associated with it, that the reason for the popularity of the analyzed composition is seen. This thesis is confirmed in the key words of the hit text and music, which together form a semantic information-symbolic space. Perhaps the authors, unconsciously-spontaneously and emotionally-inspiredly carrying out the creative process, did not fully realize the semantic richness of the song. We believe that philosophical poetry has become one of the components that has contributed to the song’s long-standing popularity.

For citation:
Iakovleva, E. L. (2023). The philosophical poetry of an existential nightmare, or the smash-hit passions around the "Third of september". Experience industries. Socio-Cultural Research Technologies (EISCRT), 4 (5), 87-112. (In Russ). https://doi.org/10.34680/EISCRT-2023-4(5)-87-112