Transitions of Lithuanian Postmodernism

Lithuanian Literature in the Post-Soviet Period
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-420-3441-9
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 32, 366 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 707 g

Reihe: On the Boundary of Two Worlds

In 1990, Lithuania was the first of fifteen Soviet Republics to proclaim its independence from the USSR and, in doing so, dealt a fatal blow to this superpower. Overnight, this small country, whose very existence had been erased from the world map for 50 years, became Post-Soviet and proclaimed its return to a multicultural Europe. So, what happened then in the lives of Lithuanians? How did they survive the collapse of a planned economy and the crisis of values? How does Lithuania, together with the other Baltic countries, which had once been the most prosperous Republics in the USSR, come to terms with the fact that they are now among the poorest member nations in another transnational configuration – the European Union? These issues are actively addressed in the works of contemporary Lithuanian writers, whose texts are analyzed in the collection of articles, Transitions of Lithuanian Postmodernism: Lithuanian Literature in the Post-Soviet Period. Utilizing various perspectives, leading Lithuanian literary scholars discuss identity transformations and the discourse of reinterpretations of the past in contemporary Lithuanian prose, poetry, essay writing, and memoir. This book reveals both existentially universal dramas and specific experiences that arise from this unique double-post (Post-Soviet and postmodern) condition.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Kvietkauskas, Mindaugas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Postkoloniale Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Mindaugas Kvietkauskas: Introduction: The Paradox of the Double Post
Aušra Jurgutiene: The History of Post-Soviet Literature: Challenges and Models of a New Identity
Dalia Satkauskyte: Postmodernism as Conjuncture
Loreta Jakonyte: The Writer in the Post-Soviet State: Trends in Self-Interpretation
Jurate Sprindyte: Lithuanian Prose: In Search of a New Identity
Algis Kaleda: Present of Past Things: Transformations of Lithuanian Historical Discourse
Regimantas Tamošaitis: Apocalyptic Imagination in the Novels of Ricardas Gavelis
Loreta Macianskaite: Three Articulations of Isaac in Lithuanian Literature
Solveiga Daugirdaite: Women’s Literature and Its Readings
Saule Matuleviciene: Patterns of Post-War Memory
Elena Baliutyte: Forms of Self-Awareness in Lithuanian Documentary Literature
Dalia Ciocyte: Lithuanian Essay: Between the Soviet Era and Independence
Donata Mitaite: Tomas Venclova: The Poet and Totalitarianism
Audinga Pelurityte-Tikuišiene: Sources of Classicism in Contemporary Polish and Lithuanian Literature
Rita Tutlyte: Lyric Poetry since the 1980s: Caught Between Unrest and Meditation
Brigita Speicyte: The Art of the Unpoetic Poem: Trends in Post-Soviet Lithuanian Poetry
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