Work

The Emergence of Postmodern Trends in the Literature of Socialist Realizm (early Andrey Bitov)

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The purpose of the article is to examine the beginning of the emergence of postmodern trends in Russian literature in the 1960s and 1980s and, using the example of Andrei Bitov’s short story “Penelope”, to show how the traditional theme of love underwent a gradual transformation at the end of the twentieth century. The article shows how the theme of love, which previously served as a condition for revealing the moral and ethical potential of the male protagonist in Russian and world literature, began to lose its distinct real features in postmodern prose and turn into love-mirage, love-illusion. The analysis revealed that Andrey Bitov was one of the first Russian postmodern writers in modern prose who identified and demonstrated new components of the love theme.

Source: AD ALTA Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

DOI: 10.33543/j.1402.5356

Authors: OLGA BOGDANOVA, EKATERINA ZHILENE, YU ZHANG, ALEXEY SVYATOSLAVSKY

Institution: Moscow State Pedagogical University

Language: English

Topic: Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Russian Science Foundation

Award: G4989015463