Journal article
Menippean Satire in Russian Postmodern Prose
Abstract
This paper examines the presence of Menippean satire in Russian postmodern prose. The works discussed include Anatolii Korolev's Golova Gogolja, Viktor Pelevin's Chapaev i Pustota, and Vasilii Aksenov's Vol'ter'iantsy i vol'ter'ianki. In accordance with the Bakhtinian model of classical Menippean satire, these works serve as a vehicle for the renewal of literary forms through a greater hybridization of generic conventions, a mixing of extremely …
Authors
Kolesnikoff N
Journal
Russian Literature, Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 47–59
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
July 2008
DOI
10.1016/j.ruslit.2008.07.003
ISSN
0304-3479