Literature Redeemed

Zusatztext

In the post-Soviet period, discussions of postmodernism in Russian literature have proliferated. Based on close literary analysis of representative works of fiction by three post-Soviet Russian writers - Vladimir Sorokin, Vladimir Tuchkov and Aleksandr Khurgin - this book investigates the usefulness and accuracy of the notion of postmodernism in the post-Soviet context. Classic Russian literature, renowned for its pursuit of aesthetic, moral and social values, and the modernism that succeeded it have often been seen as antipodes to postmodernist principles. The author wishes to dispute this polarity and proposes post-Soviet neo-modernism as an alternative concept. Neo-modernism embodies the notion that post-Soviet writers have redeemed the tendency of earlier literature to seek the meaning of human existence in a transcendent realm, as well as in the treasures of Russias cultural past.

Autorenportrait

Nicolas Dreyer received an MA (Hons) in International Relations and Russian from the University of St Andrews, Scotland and completed his Ph.D. on post-Soviet Russian literature at the same University. He currently researches and teaches Russian-Jewish literature at the University of Bamberg, Institute of Slavic Studies, Germany.

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