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Sandzhar Yanyshev’s lyrical prose. A colonial and post-colonial palimpsest
https://doi.org/10.31425/0042-8795-2020-2-143-156
Abstract
The article deals with the lyrical prose by the modern poet Sandzhar Yanyshev. Examining his collection Umr. The New Book of Transformations [Umr. Novaya kniga obrashcheniy] (2017), the author distinguishes the selfidentification process of the lyrical hero, who is a product of the imperial period, typified by bilingual and bicultural intentions. The images-transformationsmetamorphoses of the lyrical prose reveal milestones of the Soviet-era colonial history and their post-colonial reception. Family members in the book are surrounded by an array of historical and mythological figures (from Golem and Christ to Khyzyr-bobo), as well as an allusive-reminiscent set from Russian and world literature. Also investigated is the mix of genres represented in the collection: part of the Russian literary and Uzbek cultural traditions, each of them can be viewed as the contextual genre of umr – an ambivalent phenomenon of life-death, transformation/metamorphosis. Sandzhar Yanyshev’s lyrical prose offers a richly flavoured illustration of current Russian literature and exemplifies the mental processes of the post-colonial era..
About the Author
E. F. Shafranskaya
Moscow State Pedagogical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Eleonora F. Shafranskaya Doctor of Philology
4 2nd Selskokhozyaystvenny Dr., Moscow, 129226
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Shafranskaya E.F. Sandzhar Yanyshev’s lyrical prose. A colonial and post-colonial palimpsest. Voprosy literatury. 2020;(2):143-156. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31425/0042-8795-2020-2-143-156
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