BINARY OPPOSITION REAL-VIRTUAL IN THE WORKS OF RUSSIAN CYBERPANK

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the disclosure of artistic aspects of the opposition real-virtual in works of Russian cyberpunk. So, one of such artistic aspects is the image of the protagonist, who is opposed to the grotesque-fantastically depicted virtual reality. Using the contrast of real and grotesque-fantastically depicted virtual space, the authors show that the feeling of love for the main character of Russian cyberpunk is part of a real, not an illusory existence. The real-virtual semantic opposition receives artistic expression in situations related to the plot in which the main character falls. The article concludes that another way of artistic expression of the opposition is real – virtual – this is the subjective organization of the artistic world.