Baltic postcolonial narratives: literature and power

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Knygos / Books
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Baltic postcolonial narratives: literature and power
Authors:
Samalavičius, Almantas
Publication Data:
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023.
Pages:
xii, 113
Contents:
Foreword — Acknowledgments — Introduction — Postcolonialism Takes Command — Chapter I: Baltic Postcolonialism and Its Discontents; Postcolonial Studies and the Post-Communist/Post-Socialist/Post- Soviet Space; Shifting Views on Baltic Postcolonialism; Critical Theory Strikes Back; Baltic Postcolonialism: Beyond Exaltation and Denial — Chapter II: Uncanny Beauty: Vilnius Poker by Ričardas Gavelis; The Writer and His Critics; Inside the Guts of Vilnius Poker; Eternal Power and the Deadly Game; The Narrative’s Sociological Digression: Homo Lithuanicus; The Self and Beyond: From Stigma to Postcolonial Subject — Chapter III: Letters from the Past: Memoirs of a Life Cut Short by Ričardas Gavelis; The Colonial Narrative; The Embodiment of Power — Chapter IV: Orwellian Lessons: The Enchanted City by Romualdas Lankauskas; The Twilight Zone; Bureaucracy as Colonial Power — Chapter V: Decolonization: The Post-Soviet Novels of Ričardas Gavelis; Money, Power, and Sex; Writer, Power, and the Return of Homo Lithuanicus; The Last Novel — Chapter VI: Revisiting Colonial History: Narratives of Herkus Kunčius; The Intersection of Past and Present; Enduring Power and Shifting Identities — Afterword: Lithuanian Postcolonialism and Beyond.
Subject Category:
LT
Literatūros teorija ir kritika / Literary science and criticism; Proza / Prose.
Summary / Abstract:

LTCambridge Scholars Publishing leidykloje išleistoje Anglų filologijos katedros prof. dr. Almanto Samalavičiaus knygoje „BALTIC POSTCOLONIAL NARRATIVES: Literature and Power“ („Baltų postkolonijiniai naratyvai: literatūra ir galia” (2023) nuodugniai aptariama kaip postkolonializmas pateko į baltų kultūros ir literatūros sritį ir su kokiais sunkumais jis susidūrė ir dažnai vis dar susiduria, vietinių ir tarptautinių kultūros ir literatūros diskursų akivaizdoje. Ši studija suteikia įžvalgų apie lietuvių prozą ir analizuoja keletą geriausių Lietuvos postkolonijinės literatūros tekstų. Autorius nagrinėja romanus, parašytus per paskutinį sovietmečio dešimtmetį, ir kai kuriuos naujesnius raštus, sukurtus posovietmečiu. Knyga ypač naudinga kultūros istorikams ir literatūrologams, besidomintiems Rytų Europos ir Baltijos šalių kultūrų bei visuomenių praeitimi ir dabartimi [VU tinklalapis].

ENThis book offers an in-depth discussion of how postcolonialism entered the Baltic cultural and literary domain and what difficulties it had, and often still has, to face while encountering local and international cultural and literary discourses. Initially viewed as entirely alien to the Baltic (as well as Eastern European) academic milieu, postcolonial studies have recently started to overcome previous academic prejudices and take shape in this part of the world. This study provides timely insights into Lithuanian prose writing and analyzes some of Lithuania’s best postcolonial literary texts. The author examines novels written during the last decade of the Soviet period as well as some more recent writings produced in the post-Soviet era. The book will be useful to cultural historians and literary scholars interested in the past and present of Eastern European and Baltic cultures and societies.

ISBN:
9781527519022
Subject:
Literatūrologija / Literary Studies
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