The synergy of the author, main character, and recipient in the artist’s biography

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to reveal the specifics of the biographer, artist, and recipient’s synergy in the creative personality’s biography construction and existence. The research methodology lies in implementing a range of approaches: analytical, i. e. via considering the references on the study issue; interdisciplinary, i. e. via obtaining new knowledge; systemic, i. e. via the complex grasp of the distinguished question; biographical, i. e. via analyzing multiple domains of the master’s existence; cultural studies, i. e. via realizing the links between social and mental phenomena; hermeneutic, i. e. via interpreting the chronicles content; theoretic generalization, i. e. via suggesting the research results, and some others. The scientific novelty refers to the fact that for the first time ever in the national humanitarian study the master’s biography is being revealed as the interaction of an author, main character, and addressee. Conclusions. The artist’s biography is a unique phenomenon demonstrating the individual history, progress, and civilization role of an outstanding personality. Its construction is a complex mechanism requiring the involvement of a considerable framework of references and factual materials, various views, humanitarian strategies for explications, and presenting an objective image of the master. The chronicle creation demands the synergy of the researcher, main character, and recipient, their mission being equivalent. Monologues, dialogues, and polylogues are being built in accordance with the author and addressee’s genre paradigm. There occur productive subject relations between them leading up to the grasp of the existence, as well as the creative personality’s socio-cultural mission. Each stage of this process is autonomous; nevertheless, the outstanding one among the equals is the scholar arranging the selection and the way of supplying the master’s data, renewing the accounting, and accomplishing the text presentation. The chronicles’ character is the most consistent category of the aforementioned system. It exists within the timeless continuum and interacts with the public through personal opuses; however, its practical comprehension is possible only by ontological interpretation means being implemented by the scholar and recipient. The latter decodes a large layer of data in accordance with individual outlook and activates the master’s heritage within the domain of nowadays. Due to the productive mutual interaction of the abovementioned trinity, biography transfers a great volume of mental information, restores the master’s profile, and contributes to communication with the talented connoisseurs of various epochs.

Key words: the artist’s biography; the author; a character; the recipient.