Overview

The book explores the dynamic intersections between trauma, gender and ecology issues within contemporary Slavic literatures, offering a critical lens through which cultural upheavals of post-communist spaces are examined. Through close readings of prose, poetry, and hybrid literary forms, the volume investigates how narratives from Russia, Poland and Croatia engage with the legacies of violence, displacement and ecological degradation. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches from trauma studies, gender theory, and ecocriticism, the book highlights how authors reimagine identity, memory, and human-nature relationships in response to ongoing socio-political crises and environmental changes. By foregrounding marginalized voices and experimental narrative strategies, this study reveals literature's transformative potential to engage with both personal and collective wounds, while challenging dominant historical and ecological discourses.

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Author:   Christian Voß ,  Alessandro Amenta ,  Marina Ciccarini ,  Bianca Sulpasso
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   48
Weight:   0.330kg
ISBN:  

9783631920572

ISBN 10:   3631920571
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   06 February 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Humanity, Non-Humanity, Monstrosity. An Eco-critical Reading of Andrzej Sapkowski's Imaginary World Alessandro Amenta Chronobyl's Leaves and Flowers. The Botanical Trauma of Non-Human Witnesses Nadia Caprioglio Ecology, Trauma and Corporeity in the Works by Malgorzata Lebda Marina Ciccarini Conflict and Reconciliation: The Relationship Between Men and Nature in Bliskie kraje by Julia Fiedorczuk Noemi Fregara Logos and Revolution: The Search for a Living Language in the Ruins (The Case of Nadezha Murav'eva's Odigitriia) Eleonora Gallucci Imposti The Poisoned Legacy of the Soviet Past: Landscapes in Ol'ga Slavnikova's Fiction Gabriella Elina Myth and the Sacredness of Nature. Notes on the Prose of Alisa Ganieva Irina Marchesini The Trauma of the Yugoslav Dissolution in Works of Ivana Bodrozic and Elvira Mujcic Neira Mercep Fantasy, Women's Detective Story and Alternate History Time-Travel as a Literary Reponse to Post-Soviet Trauma Dmitry Novokhatskiy Memory and Narration in Kapustin Iar by Svetlana Vasilenko: Exploring a Hermeneutics of Existence in Contemporary Russian Literature Gloria Politi Dystopia and Utopia as Expressions of the New Dissent: The Case of Post by Dmitrii Glukhovskii, the ""Inoagent"" (Foreign Agent) Donatella Possamai The Role of Personal Memory and Collective Trauma in the Unity and Fragmentation of the Self: An Analysis of Guzel' Iakhina's Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes Iryna Shylnikova

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Alessandro Amenta is Associate Professor of Polish Language and Literature at Tor Vergata University of Rome. Marina Ciccarini is Full Professor of Polish Language and Literature at Tor Vergata University of Rome. Bianca Sulpasso is Associate Professor of Russian Language and Literature at Tor Vergata University of Rome.

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