Russian literature, 1995-2002 : on the threshold of the new millennium / N.N. Shneidman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shneidman, N. N.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russian fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Russian fiction.

Russian fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

Canada--Politics and government.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 209 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Writers have a difficult time making a living in contemporary Russia. Market-driven publishing companies have pushed serious domestic prose to the fringes of their output and few people have money to buy books. The disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 led Russian society to become polarized between an increasingly prosperous minority and a very poor majority. This divide is also mirrored within the writing community, with some writers supporting conservative, nationalist pro-Soviet thinking, and others, liberal, democratic, pro-Western thought. Shneidman investigates the Russian literary scene with special emphasis on the relationship between thematic substance and the artistic quality of recently published prose. Despite the many challenges besetting it, Shneidman argues convincingly that literary activity in Russia continues to be dynamic and vibrant: a new generation of talented writers is fast moving past older forms of ideology and embracing new ways of thinking about Russia.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Russian literature and society on the threshold of the new millennium

The seniors' prose

The mature generation

The new writers of the Perestroika era

Women writers

The writers of the conservative 'patriotic' camp

The mystery novel writers

The new names of 1995-2002.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references: p. [193]-199.

ISBN:

1-4426-5608-5

0-8020-8670-5

1-281-99648-3

9786611996482

1-4426-7952-2

OCLC:

932314392