Russian-Israeli Literature and Its Myth-Creating Potential. Review: Roman Katsman, „Vysshaya legkost’ sozidaniya. Sleduyushchiye sto let russko-izrail’skoy literatury” (2021) Cover Image

Literatura rosyjsko-izraelska i jej mitotwórczy potencjał. Recenzja pozycji: Roman Katsman, „Vysshaya legkost’ sozidaniya. Sleduyushchiye sto let russko-izrail’skoy literatury” (2021)
Russian-Israeli Literature and Its Myth-Creating Potential. Review: Roman Katsman, „Vysshaya legkost’ sozidaniya. Sleduyushchiye sto let russko-izrail’skoy literatury” (2021)

Author(s): Mirosława Michalska-Suchanek
Subject(s): Russian Literature, Other Language Literature, Culture and social structure , Book-Review, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Russian-Israeli literature; myth; mythopoesis; cultural paradigm;

Summary/Abstract: The text is a review of Roman Katsman’s monograph, entitled Vysshaya legkost’sozidaniya. Sleduyushchiye sto let russko-izrail’skoy literatury (Boston–St. Petersburg: Academic Studies Press–BiblioRossica, 2021). This is a continuation of his research included in the previous book, Neulovimaya real’nost’. Sto let russko-izrail’skoy literatury (1920–2020) (Boston–St. Petersburg: Academic Studies Press–BiblioRossica, 2020). Katsman steps back from perceiving Russian-Israeli literature as a part of Russian literature and describing it only in contexts and connections related to Russian culture. The recognition of such literary autonomy requires a separate research method, tools and conceptual apparatus. In his book from 2020, Katsman presents a philosophical and cultural paradigm, which aims to define the perspective of Russian-Israeli literature; in the other monograph, he supplements this paradigm with the myth-creating potential contained in this literature.

  • Issue Year: 1/2022
  • Issue No: 44
  • Page Range: 219-227
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish