New moral rituals in the prose of M. Zemskov

Аннотация

The article is devoted to the analysis of the novel «Sectarian» by a young Kazakh writer M. Zemskov.
In the new literary process of Kazakhstan, new artistic trends are emerging, one of which can be called
intellectual. It reflects the characteristic strengthening of the analytical principle in modern literature.
Such works are characterized by a first–person story that preserves the speech characteristics of the main
character, while the other characters are presented through the focus of his perception. Тhe author’s
personality is consciously diminished, his individuality is shown only in the choice of the hero, which is
most noticeable in the presence of the phenomenon of «text in the text» in the work.
The purpose of the article is to determine the essence of the new hero’s morality. The characterization of the new hero is determined not by personal or individual parameters, but by masking. Here is the
principle of so–called «double redirection», characteristic of works of modern literature.Many traditional
values are undergoing a significant transformation. This is perceived as a stage of a special spiritual world
of illusions – simulacrum, as a result of which the prospects of reality become uncertain.
According to the authors, the writer uses a multi–level organization of the text, the most important
law of realistic depiction of life becomes dominant, and the hero’s image is conditioned by the social
background: everyday, historical, and spiritual circumstances of his existence. The modern hero is in a
kind of vacuum, the author conducts a consistent and conscious game in the text: it seems that the work
is built from a kind of cubes, cultural codes that form its structure. It is as if the texts contain a variety
of writing experiences and thus form a special cultural text space.Fundamental problems of human existence, the study of the deep contradictions of the hero and modern society performs a plot – forming
function.