ТРАВМАТИЧНА ПАМ’ЯТЬ ГОЛОДОМОРУ В СУЧАСНІЙ РЕІНТЕРПРЕТАЦІЇ
TRAUMATIC MEMORY OF HOLODOMOR IN CONTEMPORARY RE-INTERPRETATIONS

Summary/Abstract: The problem of reinterpreting Holodomor in contemporary cultural texts is one of the most important aspects in post-totalitarian memory discourse in Ukraine. The researcher’s attention is paid to the process of a modern rereading of the trauma of the Famine in the Soviet Ukraine during 1932–1933. This is understood as an absolutely essential aspect for forming individual and collec- tive identity. The author analyzes the modern generation’s search for authentic language to verbalize their ancestors’ experience. This language helps them realize their own self-presentations against the background of history and modernity. This article is mainly devoted to the literary interpretation of the Holodomor based on the theory of post-memory and focuses on the novel The Memory Keeper of Kyiv by Erin Litteken, an American writer with Ukrainian heritage.

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