Svět Literatury (Apr 2016)
Současná ukrajinská literatura ve světle postkoloniálního přístupu: Serhij Žadan a Stepan Procjuk // Contemporary Ukrainian Literature in the postcolonial light (in the works of Serhii Zhadan and Stepan Prociuk)
Abstract
The article deals with the current issues in Ukrainian literary criticism concentrating on the post-colonial and post-modern approach and its particular manifestation in the works of contemporary Ukrainian writers. The latest studies and monographs focusing on themes in post-colonial criticism are presented at the beginning of the article, as well as definitions of anti-colonialism and post-colonialism in Ukrainian literary criticism, followed by a brief description of the situation in Ukrainian literature after gaining independence in 1991. The article also discusses specific examples and features of Eastern post-colonialism in the works of two contemporary Ukrainian writers — Serhii Zhadan and Stepan Prociuk.
