Post-Soviet Literature and the Search for a Russian Identity (Studies in European Culture and History) - 9781137596727

This book examines a wide range of contemporary Russian writers whose work, after the demise of Communism, became more authoritative in debates on RussiaÆs 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 ôRussian identity crisis,ö 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.

• | Author: Boris Noordenbos
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Jun 09, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 242 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Literary Criticism
• | ISBN-10: 1137596724
• | ISBN-13: 9781137596727