Published: 2022-11-07

Scriptor ludens: Viktor Pelevin's creative strategy

Magdalena Ochniak Logo ORCID

Abstract

The aim of this article is to assess the attitude of the contemporary Russian writer Viktor Pelevin towards readers and literary world in the context of the theses put forward by Johan Huizinga in his book Homo ludens. As the Dutch researcher points out in his paper, „Play is a culture's attribute, which precedes, accompanies, and penetrates it from the very beginning”. Pelevin, on the other hand, by concealing himself from readers and meticulously separating his personal and professional life, engages - in my opinion - in a peculiar game with his readers and critics, which I described by the expression used in the title: „scriptor ludens”.

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Ochniak, M. (2022). Scriptor ludens: Viktor Pelevin’s creative strategy. Przegląd Rusycystyczny [Russian Studies Review], (4), 174–189. https://doi.org/10.31261/pr.12729

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No. 4 (2022)
Published: 2022-11-07


ISSN: 0137-298X
Ikona DOI 10.31261/pr

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Polskie Towarzystwo Rusycystyczne oraz Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego

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