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Ukrainian, russophone, (other) Russian: Hybrid identities and narratives in post-soviet culture and politics
No full textWhat is the role and position of Russophone/Russian culture in Ukraine today? How can the dynamics of Ukrainian culture lend insight into the possibility of a global Russian culture, or multiple Russian cultures, in the contemporary world? The author responds to these questions by investigating the interplay between literature, politics, market, and identity in the contemporary Ukrainian cultural process (1991-2018). This book explores the contested encounters of the Russian language and culture with other languages, cultures, and traditions in the post-Soviet space, highlighting pressing contemporary issues related to -and affected by- political and social developments
(De-)Constructing (Self-)Identity through Transcultural Narratives: The Case of Katja Petrowskaja’s Maybe Esther
No full textIn my analysis, the main research question at stake will be the following: Can the phenomenon of transcultural literature in Europe help us redefine the pluricentric narrative of Soviet history? In particular, in my paper I will read and analyze the novel published in 2014 by the Kyiv-born German and Russian-language prose writer of Jewish origins Katja Petrowskaja (Ukrainian: Kateryna Myronivna Petrovs’ka – born in 1970 and moving to Germany at the dawn of the 2000s). In her work Maybe Esther, the writer creates a narrative of memory related to the Soviet past and creates a ‘counter-narrative’, which is textualized from her marginalized position and is directed to the “established national narrative that constitutes culture and cultural memory”
Narrazioni ibride post-sovietiche
Full text linkIn light of the dramatic events which have been shocking Ukraine since November 2013, this work’s itinerary aims at functioning as a basis for the formulation of new contact points, for a dialogue between traditions and cultures which nowadays are again being shaken by the events of history. The author examines the self-identification paths of the literary phenomenon of Russian language in Ukraine. With the help of interviews with important representatives of the Ukrainian Russian-speaking literary scene, made on the eve of the so-called 'Ukrainian crisis', the author shall closely observe the origins of the marginal nature of these 'post-Soviet hybrid narratives'
Uno sguardo al passato: Dinamiche identitarie nel contesto ucraino post-sovietico
No full textIn this article the author focuses on the dynamics related to the role of cultural memory in post-Soviet Ukraine. In order to understand the complex and fragmented processes of self-identi cation in the area, the author outlines the main features of the identity pa ern of the region. Through the lenses of contemporary literary production, it is possible to observe the rise of a new path towards processing the Soviet past. In this paper the author analyzes some excerpts from Andrej Kurkov’s works Pik Nik na l’du (1996; Death and the Penguin) and Dobryj angel smerti (1997; The Good Angel of Death), showing the writer’s devices aimed at the depiction of the di cult relationship with the ‘absurd’ features of the contemporary Ukrainian society
"Sospendo il giudizio". Il 'ritratto' dell'ego limonoviano di Emmanuel Carrère
No full textThe author analyses the narrative strategies adopted by Emmanuel Carrère in his critically acclaimed work Limonov. Since the different critical approaches, focusing on the definition of a hybrid auto-biographical genre, it is stressed the connection between the autobiographical techniques adopted in his works by Edward Limonov and their influence on Carrère’s ‘portrait’. In Limonov we can observe the dialogue between the narrator and his hero, which represents a moment of reflection on the narrative relationship between reality and fiction in the auto-biographical genre. The author presents the specific devices adopted by the given authors, in order to show their complementary relationship in the process of literary ‘construction of the self ’
“Eto ia – Carrère”: Analysing the influence of Limonov’s autobiographical mode in Carrère’s literary work
No full textIn this paper, the author presents a brief overview of Eduard Limonov’s (1943) and Emmanuel Carrère’s (1957) artistic productions, especially dealing with their approaches to the relationship between fiction and reality. Reading Limonov’s autobiographical works, Carrère re-creates his pseudo-biographical depictions, “portraying” and interpreting Edichka’s “forma povedeniia”, or manner of life. The introduction of an intrusive narrator works as a strategy to “wear the narcissistic mask”. Analysing Limonov’s autobiographical mode, it is possible to observe how Carrère elaborates a complementary narrative level to “narrate his own self”, following Edichka’s experience
Limonov by Emmanuel Carrère. The ‘Portrait’ of an Autobiographical Hero
Full text linkThe author analyses the narrative strategies adopted by Emmanuel Carrère in his critically acclaimed work Limonov. Since the different critical approaches, focusing on the definition of a hybrid auto-biographical genre, it is stressed the connection between the autobiographical techniques adopted in his works by Edward Limonov and their influence on Carrère’s ‘portrait’. In Limonov we can observe the dialogue between the narrator and his hero, which represents a moment of reflection on the narrative relationship between reality and fiction in the auto-biographical genre. The author presents the specific devices adopted by the given authors, in order to show their complementary relationship in the process of literary ‘construction of the self ’
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