Literature redeemed : : "neo-modernism" in the works of the post-Soviet Russian writers Vladimir Sorokin, Vladimir Tuchkov and Aleksandr Khurgin /

Literature redeemed : : "neo-modernism" in the works of the post-Soviet Russian writers Vladimir Sorokin, Vladimir Tuchkov and Aleksandr Khurgin / / by Nicolas Dreyer.

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Dreyer, Nicolas,
Place / Publishing House:Wien ;, Köln ;, Weimar : : Böhlau Verlag,, [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (289 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • Body
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on the Text
  • Introduction
  • 1 Postmodernism
  • 1.1 Terminology
  • 1.1.1 Literature
  • 1.1.2 Philosophy
  • 1.2 Modernity and Postmodernity
  • 1.3 Literary Postmodernism
  • 1.3.1 Modernism
  • 1.3.2 Postmodernism
  • 1.4 Conclusions
  • 2 Russian Modernity
  • 2.1 Continuity vs. Progress
  • 2.2 Soviet Marxism
  • 2.3 Shell vs. Substance Phenomena
  • 2.4 Cultural Continuity
  • 2.5 Conclusions
  • 3 Russian Modernism
  • 3.1 Spiritual Seeking
  • 3.2 Style
  • 3.3 Perspective
  • 3.4 Ontology vs. Epistemology
  • 3.5 Anti-rationalism
  • 3.6 The Absurd and Daniil Kharms
  • 3.7 Russian Modernism and Beyond
  • 4 Perspectives on Humor and Postmodernism in Post-Soviet Russian Fiction
  • 4.1 Aufarbeitung, Bew altigung and Relief
  • 4.1.1 Humor
  • 4.1.2 Carnivalization
  • 4.1.3 Jesting and Iurodstvo
  • 4.1.4 Conceptualism and Sots-Art
  • 4.1.5 St eb
  • 4.2 Literature Redeemed
  • 4.2.1 Intertextuality
  • 4.2.2 Metafiction
  • 4.2.3 Pastiche and Parody
  • 4.3 Conclusions
  • 5 The Gnostic : Vladimir Sorokin
  • 5.1 The Narrative World of Blue Lard
  • 5.2 Moral Concerns
  • 5.2.1 Humor
  • 5.2.2 The Notion of Progress
  • 5.2.3 Russian History and Culture
  • 5.2.4 Discourse and Violence
  • 5.3 Typological Considerations
  • 5.3.1 Surrealism
  • 5.3.2 Gnosticism
  • 5.4 Conclusions
  • 6 The Aesopian : Vladimir Tuchkov
  • 6.1 Intertextuality and Pastiche
  • 6.2 Anti-utopia and the Logic of Power
  • 6.3 Moral Masochism
  • 6.4 Parody and Metafiction
  • 6.5 Conclusions
  • 7 The Kharmsian : Aleksandr Khurgin
  • 7.1 Semantic Interplay
  • 7.2 Structure
  • 7.3 Themes
  • 7.4 Conclusions
  • Conclusions
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Works of Reference and Bibliographies
  • Primary Sources as Focus of Analysis of Post-Soviet Fiction
  • Writers' Websites Containing Bibliographies.
  • Primary Sources Informing the Theoretical and Secondary Discussion: Literature and Film
  • Secondary Sources: Philosophy, Theory, Criticism and Media Coverage
  • Index.

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