«Где мат, там и блат»: обсценная лексика в практике поэта Всеволода Некрасова (по материалам архива)

Шаги/Steps. 2025. Т. 11. № 1. С. 344–363.

Penskaja E.

For nonconformist writers, the lexical substandard is of ten counted about the basic criteria by which the linguistic reality they create is interpreted. The forms of usage of the non-normative layers of language in an underground culture, which are heteroge neous and include a completely different set of stable speech forma tions, often claim to be the dominant function, acting as a means of linguistic manifestation of fundamentally different behavior in culture in relation to established Soviet norms and radically cor recting them. The sub-standard vocabulary included in the fabric of a poetic or prose narrative is usually marked intonationally and implies a sharp speech gesture that does not violate the texture of the language, but creates a fundamentally different — often new — effective text space. A text that has mastered the substand ard acquires a performative dimension. It is integrated into the general practices of sub-standard word usage, and at the same time offers its own, authorial ones. Without claiming to generalize, this material is focused on identifying patterns and searching for possi ble algorithms for classifying such phenomena. The case of Vsevo lod Nekrasov is both characteristic and unique. The article exam ines several characteristic episodes of Nekrasov’s use of profanity. They relate to his polemics in relation to phenomena that claim to be the main position in both official and unofficial culture. In addi tion, his attitude towards colleagues in the craft who use profanity is discussed. Considering such situations may prove productive, as they clearly reveal the boundaries and ways of speech reaction. Re searchers have yet to identify the general patterns of the presence of varie ties of substandardness in underground culture, to find methodological keys to the search for typologies.

Keywords: Vsevolod Nekrasov, Некрасов