«Я уловил мгновенный привкус правды»: о поэзии Аркадия Слуцкого
Authors: Tretyakova E.Yu. 
Published: April 2020

Цель статьи осмысление научного мировоззрения и творческого пути Аркадия Иосифовича Слуцкого (19402019), ученого, историка книги, поэта и педагога. Методология основана на историко-биографическом подходе. Материалами послужили поэтические сборники и научные статьи А.И.Слуцкого, исследования историков и культурологов, которые помогли раскрыть биографический контекст основных поэтических циклов и жанрово-стилевую палитру лирики А.И.Слуцкого. Творчество поэта рассмотрено в тесной связи с событиями его жизни и с особенностями динамики литературного процесса в российской провинции второй половины XX начала XXI в. Автор статьи обосновывает свою версию подхода к поэтическому миру Аркадия Слуцкого. Проанализирована выработанная А.И.Слуцким концепция культурных взаимодействий между столицей и провинцией. Сделан вывод о том, что качественную поэзию отличает мгновенный привкус правды . Эта черта является сущностным свойством поэзии, свойством провиденциальным, а не провинциальным.

The aim of the article is to comprehend the scientific worldview and career of Arkady Slutsky (19402019), a scholar, book historian, poet and teacher who left a bright mark in the history of the artistic life of the South of Russia. The research methodology is based on a historical and biographical approach, through which the influence of life circumstances on the worldview, attitudes, creative and professional achievements of the person studied is revealed. The materials were poetry collections and research articles by Slutsky, research by historians and cultural scientists. Among the collections of lyrics and translations published in 19952012, the key ones were Intersections (1995), Conceptual Apologies (2000), Selected and Penultimate Poems (2002), The Time of Vers Libre (2005), While I Am a Wanderer (2008), From the Ukrainian Poetry of the 20th Century (2011). During the study, the biographical context of the main poetic cycles (Voronezh poems, provincial sketches, dedication verses to friends, diachronic business trips to the capital, etc.) and the genre-style palette of lyrics by Slutsky are determined. Treating the palette as a revealing and outstanding phenomenon, the author of the article substantiates her version of the approach to the poetic world created by Slutsky. This version takes into account the nature of his relationship with his predecessors (poets of the Silver Age), the features of dialogue with fellow poets, versatile interactions with fellow artists, and Slutskys understanding of sound and silence. The poets work is considered in close connection with the events of his life, as well as with the features that distinguished the dynamics of the literary process in the Russian province of the second half of the 20th beginning of the 21st centuries. As a result of the study, Slutskys concept of cultural interactions between the capital and the province was analyzed. Based on the poets statements about this concept, as well as its stable manifestations in poetic texts, by analyzing the relevant keynotes, the author concludes that high-quality poetry is distinguished by an instant hint of truth. This trait is an essential property of poetry, a providential property, not a provincial one. The article proves that the crystal of provincial time as a poetic seed of artistic generalizations allowed Slutsky, a charming and vibrant person, to educate in himself, to capture in his poetic world the qualities of a person of his native culture.