Abstract / Description of output
The chapter discusses Pelevin's story Iakinf (2019) as a Gothic story that engages with European and Russian Gothic writing. It is argued that it critiques Russian imperial ideology and its manifestations in Russian 19th-c.literature featuring the Caucasus. It demonstrates how the use of the fantastic tropes in the story satirises several post-Soviet metanarratives pertaining to Russian identity and Russian geopolitical imagination.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Victor Pelevin |
Subtitle of host publication | Post-Soviet and Global |
Editors | Sofya Khagi, Tatian Filimonova, Boris Noordenbos |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Number of pages | 15 |
Publication status | Accepted/In press - 27 Jun 2024 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Russian literature and society
- Russian gothic literature
- Russian postmodernism
- postcolonial studies
- comparative literature
- Oriental themes