![]() ![]() Women in Russian Literature after Glasnost. This type of literature was often described as common” (butovaya literatura) or dismissed as “typical women’s writing” or as experimental prose of the 90s. love, compassion, struggle to keep life going and to bring beauty into the world, which was previously described as “morally insignificant”. They brought into light the traditional women’s problems and also expressed their feelings and emotions, i.e. This generation of Russian women writers tried and successfully embodied in words their life experiences in a difficult country with numerous problems, with suffering of the poor and new richness, with the beauty and natural grace of its people, and the ugliness of poverty, unscrupulousness of the “nouveaux riches” and the authorities. When we consider the work of women writers in Russia, we should remember that they came into the professional literary world through difficulties unimaginable in the west. Among them are prose of Olga Slavnikova, Elena Chizhova, Marina Stepnova ,recent prose of Lyudmila Ulitskaya, thrillers of Dina Rubina living in Israel, poetry of Polina Barskova, Olga Sedakova, Elena Fanailova, Maria Stepanova and Linor Goralik. ![]() ![]() It is obvious, however, that it is a flourishing time for women’s literature.Īfter the decade characterized by popular fiction and crime fiction by Polina Dashkova, Yulia Latynina, Makanina and others, different genres in women’s literature came into the spotlight. It is difficult to predict whether this time will be called the “Women’s age” in Russian literature as has happened with the “Silver Age” of Russian poetry in 20 th century. Their breakthrough into the mainstream of Russian literature which was always male-dominated created fiction and poetry which was acclaimed by critics and the public alike. The new century brought forward an unprecedented event in Russian literary history the appearance of literature written by women which was not only equal to male writers, but in some aspects overshadowed them. Their quiet voices should not be dismissed in the wave of vibrant literary talent that has emerged in Russia in the new millennium. But it can also be presented as a powerful testimony to the struggle of Russian women to overcome the harshness of everyday life, to keep hope alive, and to return to the origins of Russian spirituality. The Prose of Life: Russian Women Writers from Khruschev to Putin. These have often been described as “insignificant” themes or “the prose of life” (Sutcliffe, Benjamin. Many women writers of the post-Soviet era, especially Galina Sherbakova, Svetlana Vasilenko and writers from small provincial cities throughout Russia not always familiar to Western readers imprinted in words the upheavals of the last decades of the 20th century and their burden on women in Russia. The fascinating world of Russian urban folklore recreated in the stories of Lyudmila Petrushevskaya and Nina Sadur had little resemblance to everyday life, but nevertheless reflected the troubled female souls in Soviet and post-Soviet reality. Their work should be credited as a preface to a new period in the history of women’s literature in Russia. ![]() Very well accepted was the novel in documents by Ulitskaya Daniel Stein. and recognized by critics: White Wall On the Golden Porch, and other stories. There are several selections which were published in the U.S. Tatiana Tolstaya, who spends her yearly schedule between America and Russia, is also a popular writer in English-speaking countries. In 2010 it won the World Fantasy Award for Best Collection. by Penguin Books, became the New York Times Book Review bestseller in December 2009. Her collection, There Once Lived a Woman who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor’s Baby, published in the U.S. Petrushevskaya continues to be the most prominent Russian woman writer to the West today. Their struggle to find a way into “serious” literature and their work changed the perception of “gender binarism.” They are well known in the West, and some, such as Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, have been acclaimed by Publishers Weekly as “one of the finest living Russian writers.” Ten years ago, critics considered the “literary rebellion” of four Russian writers, Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Tatiana Tolstaya, Lyudmila Ulitskaya and Nina Sadur, against male dominance in post-Soviet literature as the most significant event in the history of women’s writing in Russia. The arrival of a new generation of talented female writers created a literary phenomenon influencing the contemporary literary landscape in Russia. The beginning of the 21 st century in Russian literature can be characterized by the title of Elena Chizhova’s award winning novel, Time of Women ( Время женщин). ![]()
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