Search for dissertations about: "pelevin"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the word pelevin.

2. 1. Phantoms of a Future Past : A Study of Contemporary Russian Anti-Utopian Novels

   Author : Mattias Ågren; Anna Ljunggren; Per-Arne Bodin; Tetsuo Mochizuki; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Russian literature; utopia; anti-utopia; dystopia; metanarrative; satire; parody; Tatyana Tolstaya; Viktor Pelevin; Vladimir Sorokin. Russia; Russian Federation; slaviska språk; Slavic Languages;

   Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to study the evolution of the Russian anti-utopian literary genre in the new post-Soviet environment in the wake of the defunct Soviet socialist utopia. The genre has gained a renewed importance during the 2000s, and has been used variously as a means of dealing satirically with the Soviet past, of understanding the present, and of pondering possible courses into the future for the Russian Federation. READ MORE