Russian Literature Abroad as a Resouece of  "Soft Power"

Abstract

The paper brings up the challenge that the literary works authored by the "fourth-wave" emigrants face when entering the contemporary Russian literature. It is noted that the meaningful character of the Russian-speaking diaspora and the talented writers it comprises may be leading to local Russian-language literatures emerging outside Russia. A hypothesis is put forward that in the nearest future their interaction with the metropolitan Russian literature will develop following a classical regional model. An issue of establishing factors to identify such local literatures is discussed to distinguish them as advanced artistic phenomena. In conclusion, an effort is made to formulate the working principles to be applied for using the non-metropolitan Russian literature as a soft power resource.

Keywords

• cultural identity
• russian literature
• literature of russian emigration
• russian diaspora
• regional literature
• language environment
• soft power.