OBRAZ NEOTOTALITARNEJ ROSJI W POWIEŚCI КАДАВРЫ ALEKSIEJA POLARINOWA
THE IMAGE OF NEO-TOTALITARIAN RUSSIA IN THE NOVEL КАДАВРЫ BY ALEXEI POLARINOV

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to analyse the novel Кадавры by Aleksei Polarinov interms of its references to contemporary Russia as a neo-totalitarian state. The authorconcludes that the titular “cadavers” (the bodies of children appearing underunclear circumstances) symbolize unprocessed collective traumas, either silencedor distorted by the authorities, as well as the self-destructive trajectory of politicaldevelopments in Russia, which is passively accepted by society. The connectionbetween the motif of collective trauma and the individual histories of the protagonistsraises questions about the relationship between the fate of the individualand the collective they shape, as well as the possibility of detachment from thecollective abyss.

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