1st Edition
Subversive Imaginations Fantastic Prose And The End Of Soviet Literature, 1970s1990s
By Nadya Peterson
Copyright 1997
228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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In response to the profound changes in Soviet society in recent years, the author considers the demise of Soviet literature and the emergence of its Russian progeny through the prism of the writers' engagement with fantasy. Viewing the mutual interaction of Soviet/Russian literary output with aspects of the dominant culture such as ideology and politics, Nadya Peterson traces the process of... Read more
Introduction -- Writers, Readers, Society, and Literary Change -- Fantastic Prose as an Escape from the Literature of Purpose -- Socialist Realists in Space -- Between Fantasy and Reality -- Peasant Dreamers, Shattered Dreams: Village Utopians -- Mikhail Bulgakov's Disciples in Soviet Literature -- Envisioning the End: The Apocalyptic Novels of Glasnost -- Alternative Literature I: The Thieves of Language -- Alternative Literature II: Games Women Play -- Conclusion
Biography
Nadya L. Peterson is assistant professor of Russian language and literature at the University of Connecticut.
