Russian Postcolonial Poetry

[Slivkin, Yevgeny]

Dear Nina,

An interview with V. Shemshuchenko was published in one of the last issues
of the Russian right wing newspaper "Den' Literatury". You can find this
issue in the Internet. However, there is no "re-imagining of the national
identity" in his poetry, it is just clinging to the good old identity.
I think it would be interesting to compare Shemshuchenko's poem "Imperiia ne
mozhet umeret..." with the poem of Gennadii Russakov from his book
"Razgovory s Bogom" (which is from my point of view the best book of poetry
over last 10-15 years in Russia): " Proshchai, imperiia, ia vyuchus'
staret'/ Mne khvatit krivizny moskovskogo ampira./ No kak zhe ia luibil
tvoikh orkestrov med'!/Kak nazyval tebia - Moia shestaia mira!"

Good luck with your research.

Yevgeny Slivkin



Yevgeny A. Slivkin, Ph.D.
Assistant professor of Russian
European and Latin American School
Defense Language Institute
Presidio of Monterey
Monterey, CA 93950
of.(831)643-0474



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[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Nina Shevchuk
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 6:42 AM
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Subject: [SEELANGS] Russian Postcolonial Poetry

Dear Colleagues:
   
  I am working on post-soviet poetry and Ukrainian post-soviet/colonial
poetry in particular. In my thinking and research I hypothethize that both
Ukraine (the colony) and Russia (the metropoly for the purposes of the
post-con analysis) in the wake of USSR's demise were re-imagining their
national identities, specifically in poetry. While I'm quite satisfied with
the evidence I have from my Ukrainian sources, I am not familiar enough with
Russian post-soviet poetry to come readily with poets who contributed to
this re-imagining along national, Christian, or any other lines. Could you
help me by suggesting a couple of writers whose poetry I could find on the
internet? (I already checked WorldCat and other orthodox sources (pun
intended)). Thank you all very much in advance.
   
  Best,
   
  Nina Shevchuk-Murray

		
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