Rosja za kamiennym murem. Nowe średniowiecze w twórczości Władimira Sorokina (na przykładzie powieści Dzień oprycznika)
RUSSIA BEHIND A STONE WALL. NEW MIDDLE AGE IN THE NOVEL DAY OF THE OPRICHNIK BY VLADIMIR SOROKIN

Summary/Abstract: The article debates the sources of the Russian national identity, inspired by the novelby Vladimir Sorokin Day of the Oprichnik. In this dystopian fiction Sorokin depicts Russiain the third decade of the 21st century as a place where technological progress meetsa return to the ancient social order, encapsulated in the system of state controlledterror called the Oprichnina. Sorokin exploits that vision to reflect upon the Oprichninaas a diabolical constant relapsing in deceptively different costumes throughout centuriesof Russian history. Indeed, in various press interviews the Russian novelist assertsthat the Oprichnina constitutes the very foundation of the Russian national identity.

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