The essence of Russian rock-culture in the reflection of rock-memoirs
The article is based on the research problem related with identity of the generation of the 80's. Russian rock-culture had played important role in self-consciousness of this people. The research sources are memoirs of rock-musicians and journalists who were close to them. The object of these memoirs is the art biography of Russian rock-musicians and groups of 80's. The methodology of research is based on the principles of structural, functional and discourse analysis. The purpose of the article is to search the main identification markers. Authors of memoirs characterize Russian rock-culture and their place in it by these markers. Correlation of biographical narrative with historical context of the crisis stage of the existence of the Soviet state takes important place in the structure of memories. This correlation has ritual character in the texts, because the subject of memories is excluded from social and political processes. The separation of the subject of memories from the dominant culture is mainly mental. This process is accompanied by the absolute immersion of the characters of memories in the value and normative sphere of rock-culture. They fully follow its ethical imperative. The characters of the memories are not outsiders in the social aspect. Thus, the potential subcultural character of rock-culture is reduced. The remembering subject says about assimilation of rock-culture by «society». The auditory is part of this society. Overcoming of border between rock-music and its public is carried out by the authors of memoirs through the desacralizing of the subject of creative process, author. Creation of music and poetry becomes part of recreation. It is guided by random combination of circumstances. Goal setting is excluded from the set of strategies of characters of texts. Another important feature of Russian rock-culture is reduction of professionalism. It connects with dominant of causal and with assertion of informal collectivity. The final point of the memories is the statement of the thesis about the death of national rock-culture. This process is fixed on individual personified level.