Feeling Historical:
Postsocialist Affect in Estonian Fiction
Feeling Historical:
Postsocialist Affect in Estonian Fiction
Author(s): Raili MarlingSubject(s): Estonian Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Postsocialism; Affect; Neoliberalism; Estonia; Fiction;
Summary/Abstract: In this article, building on the work of Lauren Berlant (2008, 2022) and Sara Ahmed(2004, 2010), I ask what it means to feel historical in the context of today’s pervasive crisisordinariness, whether it is possible to talk about a particular postsocialist affect, and whataesthetic forms the affect takes in fiction. The analysis of two Estonian texts will follow thetheoretical discussion: Tõnu Õnnepalu’s novel Border State (1993) and Maarja Kangro’sstory collection Õismäe ajamasin (2021).
Journal: Estetyka i Krytyka
- Issue Year: 68/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 75-87
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English