Imperium w klimakterium.
O współczesnej literaturze rosyjskiej
z perspektywy hormonalnej
Empire During Menopause: On Contemporary Russian Literature from a Hormonal
Perspective
Author(s): Karoline ThaidigsmannSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: remasculinization; demasculinization; Vladimir Putin; Russian literature; Vladimir Sorokin; Dmitry Glukhovsky; Maria Stepanova; Linor Goralik; dystopia; crisis of masculinity; authoritarianism
Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the processes of remasculinization and demasculinization inpost-communist Russia, by focusing on the impact of these phenomena on VladimirPutin’s legitimization of power. The text presents literary representations of the crisis ofmasculinity in Russian culture using metaphors related to hormonal changes and midlifecrisis. It discusses the novels Sugar Kremlin by Vladimir Sorokin and Metro 2033 by DmitryGlukhovsky, which depict a society manipulated by autocratic power. Moreover, thearticle presents alternative visions of Russia’s future after an “andropause” in the contextof Maria Stepanova’s autobiographical-essayistic novel In Memory of Memory and LinorGoralik’s micro-stories, which provide a new perspective on Russian identity.
Journal: Teksty Drugie
- Issue Year: 2024
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 269-285
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Polish
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