The lords of in-between: the trickster and liminal figure in the fiction of Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, 1925-1928
| dc.contributor.author | Tarves, Kirsten | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Heberger, Alexandra (German and Slavic Studies) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | MacKendrick, Kenneth (Religion) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Shkandrij, Myroslav (German and Slavic Studies) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-11T21:32:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-01-11T21:32:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | 2019-01-11T21:12:18Z | en |
| dc.degree.discipline | German and Slavic Studies | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (M.A.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | In this thesis I analyze the role of the philosophical, mythical trickster in Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky’s fiction 1925-1928. Krzhizhanovsky was a Polish-Russian native of Ukraine whose dense style and work can loosely be categorized as whimsical, surrealist fantasy. The author remained largely unpublished during his lifetime; only in the last twenty years has his work appeared, resulting in a series of translations and increasing academic interest. I provide a close reading of four narratives, arguing that Krzhizhanovsky’s narrators are representations of the trickster-figure and are the author’s commentary on the Soviet Union’s marginalization and distrust of writers. His writing offers insights into the experience of the dissident Soviet-era author from the perspective of a philosophical thinker and writer. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | February 2019 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/33715 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Russian literature | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ukrainian literature | en_US |
| dc.subject | myth | en_US |
| dc.subject | trickster | en_US |
| dc.title | The lords of in-between: the trickster and liminal figure in the fiction of Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, 1925-1928 | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |