Russian literaturocentrism in the context of postcolonial studies. Cover Image

Rosyjski literaturocentryzm w kontekście postkolonialnym
Russian literaturocentrism in the context of postcolonial studies.

Author(s): Tomasz Nakoneczny
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Russian Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: postcolonial studies; Russian literature; Ewa Thompson; internal colonization; external colonization

Summary/Abstract: The development of postcolonial studies as a research discipline to a large extent depends on their representatives’ ability to overcome their own post-colonial conditions. This particularly applies to researchers representing imperial cultures. Russian post-colonial studies develop their own cognitive categories in relation to the issue of Russian and Soviet imperialism, while avoiding many potential inspirations contained in the book by Ewa Thompson “Imperial Knowledge: Russian Literature and Colonialism”, which became an important reference for postcolonial research in Poland and Ukraine. The author of the article outlines the shaping of Russian literaturocentrism, and then, tries to answer the question of whether and to what extent it can be a useful issue for research on the imperial determinants of Russian culture.

  • Issue Year: 8/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 281-302
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish