Rusycystyczne Studia Literaturoznawcze (Dec 2018)

DEKONSTRUKCJA MYŚLI NEOIMPERIALNEJ W ANANASOWYM NAPOJU DLA PIĘKNEJ DAMY WIKTORA PIELEWINA

  • Paweł Łaniewski

DOI
https://doi.org/10.31261/RSL.2018.28.07
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28
pp. 138 – 156

Abstract

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Politically involved works of Victor Pelevin describe and deconstruct phenomena characteristic for the social life of the postmodern period. The new neoimperial paradigm is different from the previous one. Thanks to the development of new means of communication, countries use unconventional weapons in their struggle for influence, and certain elements of postmodern wars become simulacric phenomena of postmodern culture. The grotesque stories and novels of Pelevin, included in the collection Pineapple Water for the Fair Lady, are connected with poststructural philosophy and deconstruct the traditional perception of history and politics.

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