Published: 2022-11-07

Guzel Yakhina's novel-travelogue “Echelon to Samarkand": from surviving historical trauma to personal mythology

Alfiya I. Smirnova

Abstract

The article examines the novel Echelon to Samarkand by Guzel Yakhina, dedicated to the Soviet past and the theme of «great hunger» of the early 1920s, which is interpreted as a collective trauma; analyzes the chronotope of the way, semantics of nomination of chapters structuring the development of the plot, architectonics of the novel; reveals the mindset to create a text that includes elements of myth, fairy tale, parable, which promotes author’s personal mythology and determined the meta-genre specifics of the novel-travelogue. The analysis of the text shows that Yakhina's novel expression demonstrates a personal perception of the historical background of the disappeared country, «new historicism» in the understanding of the Soviet civilization.

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Smirnova, A. I. (2022). Guzel Yakhina’s novel-travelogue “Echelon to Samarkand": from surviving historical trauma to personal mythology. Przegląd Rusycystyczny [Russian Studies Review], (4), 81–95. https://doi.org/10.31261/pr.13850

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


ISSN: 0137-298X
Ikona DOI 10.31261/pr

Publisher
Polskie Towarzystwo Rusycystyczne oraz Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego

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