The Theory of Genre Worlds in Case of Russian Popular Fiction
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | In contemporary Russian literature there is a specific type of genre literature about so-called "popadantsy". That is Russian word for heroes and heroines who travel to other worlds and other times. In addition to this basic motif, this is literature published en masse, usually in special genre editions, which also uses elements of other fantasy genres. One branch of it, which works with alternate history theme, often has a very nationalistic or revanchist subtext. Overall, the "popadancheskii" genre is a complex literary and social phenomenon that cannot be grasped from only one side. Thus, one way to explore it is to take the help of a publication that deals with similar phenomena, even if in a quite different context. The authors of Genre Worlds: Popular Fiction and Twenty-First-Century Book Culture offer the concept of "genre worlds" (meant as collection of people and practices that operates according to established and emerging patterns of collaborative activity, to produce the texts that make popular genres recognizable), which they then use to explore contemporary fantasy, romance and detective novels. Their methods, though applied to the English-language sphere of literature, can also be helpful in researching the specifics of a genre that is intrinsically Russian. |