BINARY OPPOSITION NATURAL–TECHNICAL IN THE WORKS OF RUSSIAN CYBERPANK

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the disclosure of the artistic aspects of the opposition natural–technical in the works of Russian cyberpunk. It is noted that one of these aspects is the fantastic images of “mechanical” animals, contrasted with wildlife. The grotesque as an artistic aspect of the opposition is natural–technical: it involves the substitution of the concepts of art and technology (on the one hand, art as part of human nature, and on the other, technology), as well as the method of removing a person from culture and art as part of nature. So, in the art world of Russian cyberpunk it is difficult to compose poetry, since poetry and painting are taught by robots living next to people. The article concludes that it is love for the authors of Russian cyberpunk that is an integral part of human nature. In addition, the technical in the works of Russian cyberpunk is often identified with the totalitarian.