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The post-Chornobyl library : Ukrainian postmodernism of the 1990s
Havingexploded on the margins of Europe, Chornobyl marked the end of the Soviet Unionand tied the era of postmodernism in Western Europe with nuclear consciousness.The Post-Chornobyl Library becomes a metaphor of a new Ukrainian literature of the 1990s,which emerges out of the Chornobyl nuclear trauma.
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The Post-Chornobyl Library
Honorable Mention - American Association for
Ukrainian Studies (AAUS) 2018-2019 Book Prize
Having exploded on the margins of Europe, Chornobyl marked the
end of the Soviet Union and tied the era of postmodernism in
Western Europe with nuclear consciousness. The Post-Chornobyl
Library in Tamara Hundorova's book becomes a metaphor of a new
Ukrainian literature of the 1990s, which emerges out of the
Chornobyl nuclear trauma of the 26th of April, 1986. Ukrainian
postmodernism turns into a writing of trauma and reflects the
collisions of the post-Soviet time as well as the processes of
decolonization of the national culture. A carnivalization of the
apocalypse is the main paradigm of the post-Chornobyl text, which
appeals to \"homelessness\" and the repetition of \"the end of
histories.\" Ironic language game, polymorphism of characters, taboo
breaking, and filling in the gaps of national culture testify to
the fact that the Ukrainians were liberating themselves from the
totalitarian past and entering the society of the spectacle. Along
this way, the post-Chornobyl character turns into an ironist, meets
with the Other, experiences a split of his or her self, and
witnesses a shift of geo-cultural landscapes.
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The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of “Democracy\ in Russian Political Discourse
The essays in this book examine the arguments and rhetoric used
by the United States and the USSR following two catastrophes that
impacted both countries, as blame is cast and consequences are
debated. In this environment, it was perhaps inevitable that
conspiracy theories would arise, especially about the downing of
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 over the Sea of Japan. Those theories
are examined, resulting in at least one method for addressing
conspiracy arguments. In the case of Chernobyl, the disaster
ruptured the \"social compact\" between the Soviet government and the
people; efforts to overcome the resulting disillusionment quickly
became the focus of state efforts.
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