Faces of displacement : the writings of Volodymyr Vynnychenko / Mykola Soroka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soroka, Mykola.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vynnychenko, Volodymyr Kyrylovych, 1880-1951--Criticism and interpretation.

Vynnychenko, Volodymyr Kyrylovych, 1880-1951--Exile.

Vynnychenko, Volodymyr Kyrylovych, 1880-1951--Travel.

Vynnychenko, Volodymyr Kyrylovych, 1880-1951.

Exile (Punishment) in literature.

Emigration and immigration in literature.

Travel in literature.

Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.

Politics in literature.

Travel.

Criticism and interpretation.

Ukraine--In literature.

Ukraine.

Physical Description:

xx, 242 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2012]

Summary:

So wrote Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky about the young Volodymyr Vynnychenko. An innovative and provocative writer, Vynnychenko was also a charismatic revolutionary and politician who responded to the dramatic upheavals of the first half of the twentieth century by challenging old values and bringing forward new ideas about human relationships.

Despite his inseparable association with Ukraine, what is often overlooked is that Vynnychenko wrote the majority of his works outside his native land, following his flight from Tsarist and Soviet tyranny. In Faces of Displacement, Mykola Soroka draws on contemporary theories of displacement to show how Vynnychenko's expatriate status determined his worldview, his choice of literary devices, and his attitudes toward his home and host lands. Soroka considers concepts of identity to study the intertwined experiences of the writer - as an exile, émigré, expatriate, traveler, and nomad - and to demonstrate how these experiences invigorated his art and left a lasting impact on his work. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 First Displacement, 1907-1914

1 Émigré 13

2 Expatriate/Traveler 36

3 Exile 64

Part 2 Second Displacement, 1910-1951

4 Utopist, 1920-1925 97

5 Universalist, 1925-1941 118

6 Homecoming, 1941-1951 155.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780773540378

0773540377

OCLC:

793221979