NEW RUSSIAN NOVEL: FROM IDEOLOGY TO PSYCHOLOGY ‘ZHURNALNIY ZAL’ 2017
https://doi.org/10.31425/0042-8795-2018-3-41-61
Abstract
The article discusses novels which, written by Russian authors in 2017, did not make it in time to be included in the shortlists of the 2017 literary awards: Long Jump [Pryzhok v dlinu] by O. Slavnikova, Teacher Dymov [Uchitel Dymov] by S. Kuznetsov, Prince Incognito [Prints incognito] by A. Ponizovsky, etc. The critic analyses these novels to discover the turnaround and main trends of the last year’s Russian prose, such as a renewed attention for the individual, a dialogue between generations, and insanity as the ultimate subject. The author argues that the previous year was marked by a turnaround in literature: away from large-scale historical retrospections and more towards the contemporary private individual, where even history and philosophy are viewed from the point of personality. The creative focus shifted from ideology to questions of personal existence: it is clear that critics will have plenty to discuss, and judging panels to dispute during long- and short-listing, in 2018.
About the Author
A. Zhuchkova
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anna V. Zhuchkova, Candidate of Philology
6 Miklukho-Maklay St., Moscow, 117198
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Zhuchkova A. NEW RUSSIAN NOVEL: FROM IDEOLOGY TO PSYCHOLOGY ‘ZHURNALNIY ZAL’ 2017. Voprosy literatury. 2018;(3):41-61. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31425/0042-8795-2018-3-41-61
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