Generate QR code
Open Access
Subscription Access
When everyone became a god. The literature of the early aeon
https://doi.org/10.31425/0042-8795-2019-4-57-74
Abstract
It has become mainstream in the 21st c. for literature to shift its focus from ideology to the way of life and the person, towards a symbiotic coexistence of fiction and memoirs. The article considers several variations of the contemporary ‘literature.doc’: from autopsychological prose, with E. Limonov as its likely founder, to in-between genres originating in Facebook posts and sketches of real life. In her comparison of different invariants of modern documentary and semi-documentary literature, the author finds that, from the artistic viewpoint, autopsychological prose has a structure unlike that of a classical autobiography or classical prose. The new genre aims to establish a direct contact, through perceptions and suggestion; having said that, ‘literature.doc’ is very much devoid of any social or moral agenda. It describes objects within the author’s field of vision, but lacks in generalization and typology and misses out on alternative viewpoints differing from that of the author which enrich the work’s dimensions and dialogue quality. Development prospects of ‘literature.doc’ are concerned with the aesthetic and philosophical realization of the category of ‘the other’.
About the Author
A. V. Zhuchkova
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anna V. Zhuchkova - Candidate of Philology
6 Miklukho-Maklay St., Moscow, 117198
References
1. Abdullaev, E. (2015). Free form. ‘Booker’ notes on the philosophy of the modern novel. Voprosy Literatury, 5, pp. 32-50. (In Russ.)
2. Abdullaev, E. (2018). On late debuts and the end of the world. Druzhba Narodov, 8, pp. 254-259. (In Russ.)
3. Abdullaev, E. (2018). ‘Hoorah! We are defeated ...’ Druzhba Narodov, 6, pp. 66-78. (In Russ.)
4. Alpatov, M. (2017). On the other side of the bulges. Aleksandr Snegiryov. ‘I Intend to Have A Good Time Tonight’ [‘Ya nameren khorosho provesti etot vecher’]. Textura, [online] 27 Oct. Available at: textura.club/по-ту-сторо-ну-выпуклостей [Accessed 4 Jan. 2019]. (In Russ.)
5. Alpatov, M. and Pustovaya, V. (2017). Document vs Fiction. The future of literature. In: Rara Avis Open criticism, [online] 19 Apr. Available at: http://rara-rara.ru/menu-texts/dokument_vs_vymysel_budushchee_literatury [Accessed 14 Nov. 2018]. (In Russ.)
6. Annenkov, P. (1856). Old and new criticism. Russky Vestnik, 4, pp. 705-731. (In Russ.)
7. Bocharov, S. and Gogotishvili, L., eds. (2002). The collected works of M. Bakhtin (6 vols). Vol. 6: ‘Problems of Dostoevsky’s Poetics’ (1963). Works of the 1960s-1970s. Moscow: Russkie slovari; Yazyki slavyanskoy kultury. (In Russ.)
8. Chantsev, A. and Yuzefovich, L. (2015). ‘To bring order to an alien world without committing mental violence over it.’ Interview with L. Yuzefovich. Rara Аvis Open Criticism, [online] 5 Oct. Available at: http://rara-rara.ru/menutexts/leonid_uzefovich_yporiadochit_mir [Accessed 30 Nov. 2018]. (In Russ.)
9. Erlikh, S. and Yuzefovich, L. (2018). ‘As a writer, I’m a storyteller, not a word artist.’ Interview with L. Yuzefovich. Istoricheskaya Ekspertiza, [online] June. Available at: https://istorex.ru/page/yuzefovich_l_a_po_svoey_pisatelskoy_prirode_ya_rasskazchik_istoriy_a_ne_khudozhnik_slova [Accessed 4 Jan. 2019]. (In Russ.)
10. Ermakov, O. and Kochergin, I. (2018). The silver sky and the creaking of the saddle. A conversation of forest fireguards. Literaturnaya Rossiya, 10 Aug. (In Russ.)
11. Morev, K. and Sporov, D. (2018). ‘Through a private story, it is easier to see the diversity of human life.’ Interview with D. Sporov. Istoricheskaya Ekspertiza, [online] 3. Available at: http://istorex.ru/page/sporov_db__cherez_chastnuyu_istoriyu_prosche_uvidet_raznoobrazie_chelovecheskoy_ zhizni [Accessed 11 Dec. 2018]. (In Russ.)
12. Oroby, S. (2018). On the death of ‘Booker’, or The funeral of the novel. Textura, [online] 10 Aug. Available at: http://textura.club/na-smert-bukera [Accessed 20 Dec. 2018]. (In Russ.)
13. Osovsky, O. (2018). The know-how of the biographical genre. Voprosy Literatury, 3, pp. 62-83. (In Russ.)
14. Pogorelaya, E. (2018). History as a challenge to the modern time in the Russian Booker novel. The Booker Conference 2017. Voprosy Literatury, 3, pp. 13-40. (In Russ.)
15. Pustovaya, V. (2016). Watching yourself. The literature of experience as a literary school. Svobodnaya Pressa, [online] 26 Mar. Available at: https://svpressa.ru/culture/article/145245/ [Accessed 30 Nov. 2018]. (In Russ.)
16. Rudnev, P. (2018). Ethics of the documentary theatre: ‘Journalism is an art too.’ Znamya, 2, pp. 104-119 (In Russ.)
17. Sekretov, S. (2018). The ladder of life. ‘Cronies’ [‘Svoi’] by S. Shargunov. Ural, 7, pp. 90-94. (In Russ.)
18. Shcherbinina, Y. (2018). A puzzle box. V. Danikhnov. ‘A Creature the Size of a Ferris Wheel’ [‘Tvar’ razmerom s koleso obozreniya’]. Oktyabr, 5, pp. 105-108. (In Russ.)
19. Tynyanov, Y. (1977). Poetics. History of literature. Cinema. Moscow: Nauka. (In Russ.)
20. Ugarov, M. (2012). What verbatim means. Colta.ru, [online] 2 Feb. Available at: http://os.colta.ru/theatre/events/details/33925/?expand=yes#expand [Accessed 11 Dec. 2018]. (In Russ.)
21. Yuzefovich, G. (2018). There is no fiction or non-fiction, there is only literature. Afisha Daily, [online] 18 July. Available at: https://daily.afisha.ru/brain/9506-galina-yuzefovich-net-ni-fantastiki-ni-nefantastiki-est-odnabolshaya-literatura/ [Accessed 11 Dec. 2018]. (In Russ.)
Review
For citations:
Zhuchkova A.V. When everyone became a god. The literature of the early aeon. Voprosy literatury. 2019;(4):57-74. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31425/0042-8795-2019-4-57-74
Views:
513
Email this article 
