Literature in Post-Communist Russia and Eastern Europe : The Russian, Czech and Slovak Fiction of the Changes 1988-98.

By: Chitnis, Rajendra AnandMaterial type: TextTextSeries: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European StudiesPublisher: Florence : Routledge, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (206 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203001967Subject(s): Slavic fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Slavic literature -- Political aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Literature in Post-Communist Russia and Eastern Europe : The Russian, Czech and Slovak Fiction of the Changes 1988-98DDC classification: 891.8 LOC classification: PG512 -- .C49 2005ebOnline resources: Click to View
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Summary: This book considers Russian, Czech and Slovak fiction in the late communist and early post-communist periods. It focuses on the most innovative trend to emerge in this period, on those writers who, during and after the collapse of communism, characterised themselves as 'liberators' of literature. It shows how these writers in their fiction and critical work reacted against the politicisation of literature by Marxist-Leninist and dissident ideologues, rejecting the conventional perception of literature as moral teacher, and redefining the nature and purpose of writing. The book demonstrates how this quest, enacted in the works of these writers, served for many critics and readers as a metaphor for the wider disorientation and crisis precipitated by the collapse of communism.
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This book considers Russian, Czech and Slovak fiction in the late communist and early post-communist periods. It focuses on the most innovative trend to emerge in this period, on those writers who, during and after the collapse of communism, characterised themselves as 'liberators' of literature. It shows how these writers in their fiction and critical work reacted against the politicisation of literature by Marxist-Leninist and dissident ideologues, rejecting the conventional perception of literature as moral teacher, and redefining the nature and purpose of writing. The book demonstrates how this quest, enacted in the works of these writers, served for many critics and readers as a metaphor for the wider disorientation and crisis precipitated by the collapse of communism.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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