Мотив русской тоски в песенной поэзии Александра Башлачева (Motiv «russkoj toski» v pesennoj poèzii Aleksandra Bašlačeva)

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to examine the motif of “Russian longing” in the sung poetry of Alexander Bashlyakov. The analysis of selected texts of the poet allows us to note that the motif of longing in Bashlyakov’s works, on the one hand, is associated with physical and metaphysical dissatisfaction, and on the other hand, can be coupled with important components of national identity (Russian character and nature). Longing, being often an unavoidable (sometimes not explicitly expressed) component of the emotional mood of the lyrical subject. Has a peculiar ambivalence. Among other things, it consists in the fact that, disregarding the negative connotations, longing can contribute to the realization of the finiteness of any path, thus awakening the soul.