Reference, History, and Memory in Russian Conceptualist Poetry

Post modern literature often is seen as precluding the access to history. Here, Lutzkanova-Vassileva argues that a close study of Russian conceptualist poetry shows that by registering the reality of psychic trauma, postmodernism does not deny reference; it rejects the reduction of reference to a wo...

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Published in:Symposium (Syracuse) 2005-04, Vol.59 (1), p.43-55
Main Author: Lutzkanova-Vassileva, Albena
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
European history
Literature
Poetry
Postmodernism
Russian language
Source studies
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Summary:Post modern literature often is seen as precluding the access to history. Here, Lutzkanova-Vassileva argues that a close study of Russian conceptualist poetry shows that by registering the reality of psychic trauma, postmodernism does not deny reference; it rejects the reduction of reference to a world that is only perceptible and cognitively graspable.
ISSN:0039-7709
1931-0676
DOI:10.3200/SYMP.59.1.43-55