Post-soviet literature and the search for a Russian identity / Boris Noordenbos.
2016
PG3027
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Title
Post-soviet literature and the search for a Russian identity / Boris Noordenbos.
Author
Noordenbos, Boris, author.
ISBN
9781137593634 (electronic book)
1137593636 (electronic book)
9781137596727
1137593636 (electronic book)
9781137596727
Published
New Yeok : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
Language
English
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PG3027
Dewey Decimal Classification
891.709005
Summary
This book examines a wide range of contemporary Russian writers whose work, after the demise of Communism, increasingly 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, Noorbendos 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 connects the fields of postcoloniality, trauma, and conspiracy thinking with post-Soviet studies, an endeavor that has been grossly overlooked until now.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Studies in European culture and history.
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Post-soviet literature and the search for a russian identity.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The Black Holes of History: Narratives of Cultural Trauma
Post-Totalitarian Identity and the Struggle with Literaturocentrism
Empire of Empty Signs: Unsettling Imitations of "the West"
Imperial Stiob: The Aesthetics of Chauvinism
The Return of the Dead: Haunting Traumas and Nostalgic Dreams
Interpreting Gorbachev's Birthmark: Conspiratorial Visions of Russian Identity
Conclusion
Works Cited.
The Black Holes of History: Narratives of Cultural Trauma
Post-Totalitarian Identity and the Struggle with Literaturocentrism
Empire of Empty Signs: Unsettling Imitations of "the West"
Imperial Stiob: The Aesthetics of Chauvinism
The Return of the Dead: Haunting Traumas and Nostalgic Dreams
Interpreting Gorbachev's Birthmark: Conspiratorial Visions of Russian Identity
Conclusion
Works Cited.