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The autopsychologism of the hero in the modern Russian and German prose (on the material of the works of R. Senchin and Chr. Kracht)
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2024-10-181-190
Abstract
The article addresses the issue of the boundary between fiction and reality, which is increasingly viewed as markedly conditional in contemporary literature. Against such a background, the relationship between author and protagonist constantly become more complicated. The writer not only creates a text but also gets to be a part of his own mythology, within which the autopsychological hero functions. A similar approach distinguishes the work of Roman Senchin and Christian Kracht, the most important representatives of the latest prose.
The author will be interested in the specific characteristics of the autopsychological hero’s image; in that regard, the previously unstudied connections between contemporary Russian and German prose at the level of poetics and the author’s worldview will be compared.
Taking the example of the story «Minus» (2001) and the novel «Rain in Paris» (2018) by R. Senchin, as well as the novels «Faserland» (1995) and «Eurotrash» (2021) by Kr. Kracht, the autopsychological hero is analyzed as a kind of twin of the author.
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M. V. LarinaRussian Federation
Maria V. Larina, Cand. of Sci. (Philology)
bld. 15, Fontanka River Embankment, Saint Petersburg, 191023
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For citation: Larina M.V. The autopsychologism of the hero in the modern Russian and German prose (on the material of the works of R. Senchin and Chr. Kracht). RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2024;(10):181-190. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2024-10-181-190
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