Post-Soviet Literature and the Search for a Russian Identity (eBook)

Boris Noordenbos (Autor)

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2016 | 1st ed. 2016
X, 232 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan US (Verlag)
978-1-137-59363-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This book examines a wide range of contemporary Russian writers whose work, after the demise of Communism, became more authoritative in debates on Russia's character, destiny, and place in the world. Unique in his in-depth analysis of both playful postmodernist authors and fanatical nationalist writers, Noordenbos pays attention to not only the acute social and political implications of contemporary Russian literature but also literary form by documenting the decline of postmodern styles, analyzing shifting metaphors for a 'Russian identity crisis,' and tracing the emergence of new forms of authorial ethos. To achieve this end, the book builds on theories of postcoloniality, trauma, and conspiracy thinking, and makes these research fields productively available for post-Soviet studies.

Boris Noordenbos is Assistant Professor in Literary Studies at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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This book examines a wide range of contemporary Russian writers whose work, after the demise of Communism, became more authoritative in debates on Russia's character, destiny, and place in the world. Unique in his in-depth analysis of both playful postmodernist authors and fanatical nationalist writers, Noordenbos pays attention to not only the acute social and political implications of contemporary Russian literature but also literary form by documenting the decline of postmodern styles, analyzing shifting metaphors for a "e;Russian identity crisis,"e; and tracing the emergence of new forms of authorial ethos. To achieve this end, the book builds on theories of postcoloniality, trauma, and conspiracy thinking, and makes these research fields productively available for post-Soviet studies.

Inhalt

CONTENTSINTRODUCTIONPART ICHAPTER ONE The Black Holes of History: Narratives of Cultural Trauma CHAPTER TWOPost-Totalitarian Identity and the Struggle with LiteraturocentrismCHAPTER THREEEmpire of Empty Signs: Unsettling Imitations of “the West”PART IICHAPTER FOURImperial Stiob: The Aesthetics of ChauvinismCHAPTER FIVE The Return of the Dead: Haunting Traumas and Nostalgic DreamsCHAPTER SIXInterpreting Gorbachev’s Birthmark: Conspiratorial Visions of Russian IdentityCONCLUSIONWORKS CITED

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.6.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in European Culture and History
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in European Culture and History
• Zusatzinfo: X, 232 p.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: 1 Post-soviet studies • 2 Russian identity • 3 Neo-imperialism • 4 Russian literature • 5 Cultural trauma
• ISBN-10: 1-137-59363-6 / 1137593636
• ISBN-13: 978-1-137-59363-4 / 9781137593634