On One Ancestor: Vasilisk Gnedov in the Work of Sergej Sigej and Ry Nikonova
- 作者：Crispin Brooks
- 关键词：Gnedov ; Nikonova ; Sigej ; Russian Futurism ; Poė ; ma konca
- 刊名：Russian Literature
- 出版年：2006
- 期刊代码：23_03043479
- 类别：art
- 出版时间：15 February 2006-15 May 2006
- 卷：59
- 期：2-4
- 页码：177-223
- 文件大小：3999 K
摘要
This article looks at the influence of the Futurist poetry of Vasilisk Gnedov on the work of Sergej Sigej and Ry Nikonova. Gnedov is not a well known Futurist, so the extent to which they refer to him in their literary and critical work is unusual. Sigej has evolved his own forms based on Gnedov's text-less ‘Poėma konca’ (‘Poem of the End’) and other poems. Aspects of Gnedov's work turn out to be deeply integrated into Sigej's, a fact he openly acknowledges. In contrast, although Nikonova notes that Gnedov's work was a precursor to her vacuum, gesture, and vector poetry, she emphasises the independence of her creative path over any sense of deliberate evolution. Nevertheless, some general thematic concerns – such as the absence of text and its replacement with other elements – can be traced to Gnedov's ‘Poėma konca’. The article includes many previously unpublished works by Sigej and Nikonova and draws on the author's correspondence with them.