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of World Literature
of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature
of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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  • Classification – name: Literary studies
  • Author: Elena I. Seifert
  • Pages: 343–362
  • Publisher: A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IWL RAS Publ.)
  • Rights – description: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 (СС BY-ND)
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  • Language of the publication: Russian
  • Type of document: Research Article
  • Collection: Russia – Germany: Literary Encounters (after 1945)
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.22455/978-5-9208-0683-3-343-362
  • EDN:

    https://elibrary.ru/GBWPND

  • Year of publication: 2022
  • Place of publication: Moscow
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  • Seifert, E.I. “The Prose of Russian Germans in the Second Half of the 20th and the Beginning of the 21st Century.” Russia — Germany: Literary Encounters (after 1945). Мoscow, IWL RAS Publ., 2022, pp. 343–362. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22455/978-5-9208-0683-3-343-362

Information about the author:

Elena I. Seifert, DSc in Philology, Professor, Russian State University for the Humanities, Chayanova 15, 125047 Moscow, Russia.

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8117-7091

E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstract:

This article examines novels and short stories written by the Russian Germans of the second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21th century, such as V. Klein, G. Belger, I. Gergenroeder, G. Wormsbacher, O. Kling, N. Kosco, E. Hummel and other authors. The prose of the Russian Germans expresses a complex attitude that occurs due to elaborating the themes of deportation, labor army, war, emigration. Most of the novels were written in the period from 1957 till the present time, as writing such prose, especially of large and medium size, was difficult during the war and post-war period. Despite its adventurous history, the literature of the Russian Germans has now returned to its natural course and is actively restoring itself, moving from purely national problems to universal ones.

  • Keywords: prose of Russian Germans, novel, short story, artistic bilingualism.

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