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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Литературоведение. Журналистика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-9220</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-9247</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">30728</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-9220-2022-27-1-137-146</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>JOURNALISM</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Журналистика</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Guy Fawkes and the Antinomies of the Digital Age</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Гай Фокс и антиномии цифровой эры</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8715-830X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Pronina</surname><given-names>Elena E.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Пронина</surname><given-names>Елена Евгеньевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Doctor of Philology, Doctor of Psychology Professor at the Chair of Department of Periodical Press, Faculty of Journalism</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор филологических наук, кандидат психологических наук, профессор кафедры периодической печати факультета журналистики</p></bio><email>pronina.elena@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Lomonosov Moscow State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Московский государственный университет им. М.В. Ломоносова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2022-04-01" publication-format="electronic"><day>01</day><month>04</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>27</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 27, NO1 (2022)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 27, №1 (2022)</issue-title><fpage>137</fpage><lpage>146</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-04-01"><day>01</day><month>04</month><year>2022</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2022, Pronina E.E.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2022, Пронина Е.Е.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Pronina E.E.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Пронина Е.Е.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/30728">https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/30728</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">The article examines the phenomenon of the transformation of the image of Guy Fawkes into a meme - a universally significant symbol. The history of the formation of the symbol, which combined the events of the Gunpowder Conspiracy of the early XVII century and the social movements of the early XXI century, is considered as a kind of natural longitudinal experiment that sheds light on the process of personality evolution and the key problems of the digital era. The hypothesis put forward deals with the initially ambivalent nature of “Guy Fawkes Night” celebration viewed as a symbolic realization of intentions tabooed by the social hierarchy. The article analyzes allusions to the topic of the Gunpowder Conspiracy in popular culture, the peculiarities of using the name and mask of Guy Fawkes as elements of self-identification. The author concludes that the symbolic identification with Guy Fawkes indicates the increasing need of society for independence and self-organization and a sharp aggravation of the antinomic relations between official and unofficial culture, first described by M. Bakhtin on the example of a medieval carnival. The role played by the ancient Celtic mysteries, as well as modern digital technologies, in the evolution of the symbol is also outlined. The article discusses how archaic rituals contributed to the rethinking process of the image of Guy Fawkes in the context of binary oppositions of the collective psyche. The specifics of the development of the “Guy Fawkes phenomenon” in digital society are considered as a predictor of the next stage in the evolution of society and personality.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">В статье исследуется феномен превращения образа Гая Фокса в мем - общезначимый символ. История становления символа, объединившая события Порохового заговора начала XVII века и общественные движения начала XXI века, рассматривается как своего рода естественный лонгитюдный эксперимент, проливающий свет на процесс эволюции личности и ключевые проблемы цифровой эры. Выдвигается гипотеза об изначально амбивалентном характере празднования «Ночи Гая Фокса» как символической реализации интенций, табуированных социальной иерархией. Анализируются аллюзии на тему Порохового заговора в массовой культуре, особенности использования имени и маски Гая Фокса в качестве элементов самоидентификации. Делается вывод о том, что символическая идентификация с Гаем Фоксом свидетельствует о возрастании потребности общества в независимости и самоорганизации и резком обострении антиномических отношений между официальной и неофициальной культурой, впервые описанных М. Бахтиным на примере средневекового карнавала. Рассматривается роль, которую сыграли древние кельтские мистерии и современные цифровые технологии в эволюции символа. Показано, как архаические ритуалы способствовали переосмыслению образа Гая Фокса в русле бинарных оппозиций коллективной психики. Особенности развития «феномена Гая Фокса» в условиях цифрового общества рассматриваются как предиктор очередного этапа эволюции общества и личности.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>mass culture</kwd><kwd>ambivalence</kwd><kwd>symbol</kwd><kwd>antinomy</kwd><kwd>national mentality</kwd><kwd>Guy Fawkes</kwd><kwd>digital society</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>массовая культура</kwd><kwd>амбивалентность</kwd><kwd>символ</kwd><kwd>антиномия</kwd><kwd>национальная ментальность</kwd><kwd>Гай Фокс</kwd><kwd>цифровое общество</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Assange, J. (2012). The Unauthorised Autobiography. Мoscow: Alpina Publisher Publ. (In Russ.)</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Ассанж Дж. Неавторизованная автобиография. 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