Nikolai Gogol: Ukrainian Writer in the Empire : A Study in Identity /
Ilnytzkyj, Oleh S.
Nikolai Gogol: Ukrainian Writer in the Empire : A Study in Identity / Oleh S. Ilnytzkyj. - 1 online resource (XI, 193 p.)
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Gogol’s Ukrainian Debut and Appropriation by Russians -- 3 Constructing a ‘Russian’ Gogol (False Narratives 1) -- 4 Dueling Discourses: National vs. Supranational -- 5 The Myth of a ‘Russified’ Taras Bulba (False Narratives 2) -- 6 Coda: Gogol, Ukrainian Writer in the Empire -- Works Cited -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Russian culture and Slavic Studies maintain that Gogol is an incontrovertible Russian writer. To call him a Ukrainian is to encounter deep skepticism. Oddly, the grounds of his "Russianness" are rarely made explicit and even less often examined critically. This book addresses these problems. It shows, for example, how scholars assume that language and theme make Gogol Russian. How others call him Russian by denying Ukrainians status as a separate nation, while still others avoid explanations altogether by representing him as a typical Russian in a national culture and literature. This book challenges such paradigms, situating Gogol within an "imperial culture," where Russian and Ukrainian elites shared intellectual pursuits but clashed over rival national projects. It reveals Gogol as a Ukrainian Russian-language Imperial Writer, a person who embraced an emergent Ukrainian movement while remaining a loyal imperial subject. This book will appeal to Russianists and Ukrainianists, anyone interested in questions of identity, cultural politics, and colonialism. It provides ample context and background, making it suitable for students. Readers who enjoy Taras Bulba will be drawn to the chapter that dispels the myth of its "Russianness."
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783111372358 9783111373607 9783111373263
10.1515/9783111373263 doi
National characteristics, Russian, in literature.
National characteristics, Ukrainian, in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern (see also Russian & Former Soviet Union).
Cultural appropriation. Mykola Hohol. National identity. Nikolai Gogol.
PG3335.Z8 / I46 2024
891.73/3
Nikolai Gogol: Ukrainian Writer in the Empire : A Study in Identity / Oleh S. Ilnytzkyj. - 1 online resource (XI, 193 p.)
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Gogol’s Ukrainian Debut and Appropriation by Russians -- 3 Constructing a ‘Russian’ Gogol (False Narratives 1) -- 4 Dueling Discourses: National vs. Supranational -- 5 The Myth of a ‘Russified’ Taras Bulba (False Narratives 2) -- 6 Coda: Gogol, Ukrainian Writer in the Empire -- Works Cited -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Russian culture and Slavic Studies maintain that Gogol is an incontrovertible Russian writer. To call him a Ukrainian is to encounter deep skepticism. Oddly, the grounds of his "Russianness" are rarely made explicit and even less often examined critically. This book addresses these problems. It shows, for example, how scholars assume that language and theme make Gogol Russian. How others call him Russian by denying Ukrainians status as a separate nation, while still others avoid explanations altogether by representing him as a typical Russian in a national culture and literature. This book challenges such paradigms, situating Gogol within an "imperial culture," where Russian and Ukrainian elites shared intellectual pursuits but clashed over rival national projects. It reveals Gogol as a Ukrainian Russian-language Imperial Writer, a person who embraced an emergent Ukrainian movement while remaining a loyal imperial subject. This book will appeal to Russianists and Ukrainianists, anyone interested in questions of identity, cultural politics, and colonialism. It provides ample context and background, making it suitable for students. Readers who enjoy Taras Bulba will be drawn to the chapter that dispels the myth of its "Russianness."
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783111372358 9783111373607 9783111373263
10.1515/9783111373263 doi
National characteristics, Russian, in literature.
National characteristics, Ukrainian, in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern (see also Russian & Former Soviet Union).
Cultural appropriation. Mykola Hohol. National identity. Nikolai Gogol.
PG3335.Z8 / I46 2024
891.73/3