Voices From the Void

The Genres of Liudmila Petrushevskaia
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-1-57181-997-0
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 421 g

Reihe: Slavic Literature, Culture & Society

Liumilla Petrushevskaia is one of the best known writers in Russia today, recognized for her versatility as a dramatist, scriptwriter, and author of harrowing contemporary stories and even fairy tales. Acclaimed for her shocking portraits of the pain and loss that distinguish the life of women in Russia and the old Soviet Union, Petrushevskaia has also created texts notable for their scandalous humor and vibrant plasticity of form.

This study analyses her use of genres within the context of an overall description of her ouevre. Her texts deal with stories struggling to be told even in today's Russia. Her characters are all storytellers, but the truths they attempt to express are often too terrible to be voiced aloud, and their tales are ultimately told from within a vast silence that threatens to engulf the narrative.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dalton-Brown, Sally

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgements

Notes on Transliteration

Introduction: Petrushevskaia and Contemporary Literary Trends

Chapter 1. Contemporary 'Histories'

Chapter 2. Monologues and Requiems

Chapter 3. Songs, Sluchai, Tales of the Fantastic/Dystopias, Prose Poetry

Chapter 4. Skazki

Chapter 5. Drama

Chapter 6. Style

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dalton-Brown, Sally
Sally Dalton-Brown is at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London.