War Narratives, Literature and Reality

2024/01/25 by Monika Wolting
Social Sciences · #21st century #Aleksievič #Andruchovyč #Belarus #Comparative Literature #Contemporary literature #Eastern Europe #Eastern European Communism and Reforms #European Cultural and National Identity #Jurij Ihorovyč #Literary studies #Narrativity (Literature) #Pelewin #Poland #Russia #Russo-Ukrainian War #Russo-Ukrainian War (2014-) #Serhij #Sorokin #Soviet and Russian History #Svjatlana #Ukraine #Viktor #Vladimir #Žadan

paper · doi:10.25355/sn8y-6492

openalex publication_date 2024/01/25 · openalex created_date 2025/12/03 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01

Abstract

What traces of Russia's imperial claims can be found in Ukrainian, Russian and Belarusian contemporary literature? This article shows that literary texts can point to emerging conflicts much earlier than politics does.

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