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Literature in Post-Communist Russia and Eastern Europe

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Literature in Post-Communist Russia and Eastern Europe Synopsis

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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ISBN: 9780415546140
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Author: Rajendra Anand Chitnis
Publisher: Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 206 pages
Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
Genres: Literature: history and criticism