DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2017.11.24642

Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of experience in crosscultural communication under the conditions of the Far Eastern frontier where, based on the authors, there are completely different patterns of cultural development. Within the framework of this research, the object of the research is Tatar migrant community of the Asian North East and the subject of the research is crosscultural communication with reference to the lifestyle of Tatar community living under the frontier conditions. Based on this, the authors set a research objective to define and analyze cultural patterns typical for the process of adaptation and integration of Tatar community in the socio-cultural space of China and Japan. Taking into account the fact that this objective is developed at the crossing point of several research problems, the authors make an attempt to analyze the object of their research using such methodological instruments as the frontier theory that allows to transfer methodological instruments from the sphere of history into the sphere of cultural studies as well as the theory of crossculturl communication that reveals dynamics of transformation of cultural patterns in terms of the 'encounter with the Other/Alien'. The novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the experience of crosscultural communication under the conditions of Far Eastern frontier reveals important laws of culture development in such heterotopic communities. Retrospective analysis of adaptation and integration of Tatar communities into a new socio-cultural environment allows to conclude that the decisive role in the process has been played by several factors: political, religious, national and external. Analysis of transformation of cultural patterns under conditions that were new for Tatar migrans has also revealed changes in linguistic, vestimentary and alimentary cultural characteristics through preserving old elements and adopting new elements of culture. 

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2017.11.24527

Abstract: The subject of the research is the dynamics of development of expressive means in the art of cinema. The object of the research is the novel 'The Great Gatsby' by Francis Fitzerald and film versions of this novel. The author of the article focuses on the three most recent film versions of the novel by Jack Clayton (1974), Robert Markowitz (2000) and Baz Luhrmann (2013). According to the author, The Great Gatsby Novel offers an interesting approach to the concept of the American Dream. The novel does not idealize the American Dream but dispels the myth. This conceptual uncertainty attracts readers and audience. In her research Bykova pays special attention to the language of cinema that helps to reveal the images of the main heroes and symbolic message of the novel. The main research methods include comparative history and analytical methods. The comparative analysis of different cinematographic versions of the novel allows to trace back the dynamic processes that were going on in the art of cinema. For the first time in the academic literature the author analyzes artistic features of film versions of Francis Fitzerald's novel The Great Gatsby. The author also analyzes processes related to the evolution of the language of cinema and expressive means that allow to create diversified artistic images of the main heroes. The author discusses features of the composition, colour symbolism, basic montage techniques and compare them to new technologies applied to video recording and processing. 

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2017.11.23882

Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of the play 'Masquerade, or Conspiration of Masks' (Sevastopol Russian Drama Theatre named after A. Lunacharsky, 2001) from the point of view of acting methods and techniques used there that present the acting methodology of Vladimir Magar, a leading Sevastopol artistic director since 2000 till 2014. In her research Smirnova touches upon transformations of the literary dramaturgical materials into the acting plot using the cross-cutting of narrative plots and motives and action structured according to the rules of a musical composition. The director creates a special visual perception of the play using the figure and ground combination. Smirnova also analyzes the rle of scenography, plastics, music and other elements of a dramatic action. The article is bsed on the comparative historical method, the author's personal visual perception and analysis of mass media publications devoted to the play. Analysis of Vladimir Magar's methodology, which is a rather understudied topic in the literature, is important for understanding the main principles of Magar's directing activity, in particular, musical construction (the combination of the figure and ground that interact based on general musical principles, episode construction where cuts are given a special role, and the cutting principle). 

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2017.11.22958

Abstract: Although there are many researches concerning the Beauty, as known in Europe as well as Russia aesthetic categories are traditionally abstract and consequently not applicable in practical use for example in design. Therefore, the author of this research offers to find concrete categories of traditional aesthetics and then incarnate it in objects. As an example of this approach, he takes a work of Japanese philosopher Shuzo Kuki (1888–1941) “The Structure of Iki [Beauty]” and basing on it, he offers concrete incarnation of such Russian aesthetics category as Toska [Melancholy]. Using interpretation of Toska by Nikolay Berdyaev (1874–1948) the author formulates “Structure of Toska” and extends Toska to arts defining melancholic beauty of Toska in ornaments and colors. The author concludes that melancholic beauty of Toska in our culture is connected not only with the visible void but also with an ornament, which expresses our spiritual aspirations and therefore becomes an essential part of the Beauty in Russia.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2017.11.24798

Abstract: The object of the research is the creativity of modern composers of the Tatarstan Republic. The subject of the research is the analysis of compositions created by some Tatar composers (Anatoly Luppov, Rashid Kalimullin, Leonid Lyubovsky) that have traditional musical features of the indigenous ethnoses of the Volga Region (Slavic, Finno-Ugric and Turkic peoples). The authors of the article analyze examples of using polyphonisation techniques and texture complication, modality, aleatory music, sonorics and coloristic potential of classical and traditional instruments that allow composers to demonstrate their individual style of perceiving and creating musical folklore of different genres (piano, symphonic, scenic, consort, vocal, vocal symphonic and choral music). The research methods and methodology include: method of cultural semiotiocs, musical syntaxis, sematncis of musical speech, pragmatic and axiological analysis; cultural historical method; theoretical analysis of the academic literature based on axiological and polycultural approaches. The novelty of the research is caused by the fact that for the first time in the academic literature the authors analyze pieces of symphonic, scenic, consort, vocal and choral music composed by Tatar composers based on artistic images, genres, intonations and styles of the Volga Region musical folklore. The research brings forth the problems of the organic unity of Western and Eastern traditions, national vocabulary of the composer's musical style and objective value thereof, traditionalism and innovation, and interaction of ethnotraditions.