А War Between Generations: The Generational Boundary in Contemporary Russian Drama

• Autores: Elena Kurant
• Localización: Difficult neighborhoods: the semiotics of conflict in culture / Sachiyo M. Shearman (ed. lit.), Wladyslaw Chlopicki (ed. lit.), Wladyslaw Witalisz (ed. lit.), Linda G. Kean (ed. lit.), 2025, ISBN 9781469696553, págs. 123-137
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The conflict between generations has traditionally been an existential problem forRussian culture and literature, attracting considerable literary research in the process.The gap in intergenerational continuity, combined with the destruction of the generational transmission of values, reflects the cultural, political, and social shifts in societyat the most dramatic points of its growth. The crux of this issue can be found in thecurrent situation where the values of the older generation have become outdated,and its legacy is not only rejected on an ideological level but also in terms of externalforms (clothing, language, appearance). On the other hand, the Putin-led gerontocratic regime has specifically targeted the values of the new generation, forcing youngand educated individuals to leave the country. Using selected dramaturgical texts bycontemporary authors such as Asya Voloshina, Lyubov Strizhak, and Alexey Zhitkovsky the article analyzes how the conflict between generations escalated during the2010s–2020s, a period which can be delineated as a kind of transitional border zone. Itwill also examine how the war in Ukraine is becoming the final boundary separatingthe current generation of children from that of their parents. The new generation,dissociated and lost, is trying to cope with generational trauma while bearing theweight of collective guilt and shame