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Autofiction or pseudo-autobiography. Genre specifics in modern Russian literature
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2023-3-23-33
Abstract
The article is about the emergence of autofiction (pseudo-autobiography) as a new genre in modern Russian literature on the example of the works by Andrei Astvatsaturov, Sergei Dovlatov, Roman Senchin, Eduard Limonov, Zakhar Prilepin, Dmitry Danilov, Alexander Khristoforov, as well as the works by Sylvia Plath, Janet Winterson and Carl Ove Knausgor as modern foreign literature representatives of the autofiction genre in the Russian book market. The article discusses the history of the autofiction emergence from the point of view of the genre origin abroad, and from the standpoint of home literary criticism. It describes the representatives of modern Russian literature whose works are in the autofiction genre analyzes the specifics and unique features of autofiction like stylistic, contextual and other typical characteristics that make it possible to single out this genre as an independent one, are analyzed in the article. The author presents results of a comparative analysis of diaries and autobiographies as literary genres according to the criteria of completeness, usage purpose, attitude to publications, dating and facts reliability, and identifies the elements that determine autofiction specifics. Particular attention is paid to Andrey Astvatsaturov’ literature as he analytically proves his autofiction genre choice to create his works.
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A. D. BelogortsevRussian Federation
Andrei D. Belogortsev, student
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For citation: Belogortsev A.D. Autofiction or pseudo-autobiography. Genre specifics in modern Russian literature. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2023;(1):23-33. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2023-3-23-33
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