Repetition, Ageing and End of Life in Liudmila Ulitskaia's The Body of the Soul

IF 0.2 3区社会学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

SLAVONIC AND EAST EUROPEAN REVIEW Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI:10.1353/see.2023.a912466

Benjamin M. Sutcliffe

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Abstract

Abstract:Liudmila Ulitskaia's 2019 volume of stories, The Body of the Soul (O tele dushi), humanizes the end of life and counters harmful mythologies about ageing as well as dying in Russian culture. Ulitskaia, one of the nation's most prominent living authors, was the first woman to receive the Russian Booker Prize. The Body of the Soul repeats scenes and images from her previous fiction to explore how telesnost´ (corporeality) is its own cosmos of meaning. This contradicts assumptions dominating Russian culture over the past century and connects her older characters to the intelligentsia, which struggled to survive in the Soviet era and its aftermath. The Body of the Soul represents how the individual, often apolitical lives of older characters quietly contradict state ideals.

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柳德米拉-乌利茨卡娅《灵魂之躯》中的重复、衰老与生命终结

摘要:柳德米拉-乌利茨卡娅（Liudmila Ulitskaia）的2019年小说集《灵魂之躯》（O tele dushi）将生命的终结人性化，并反驳了俄罗斯文化中关于衰老和死亡的有害神话。乌利茨卡娅是俄罗斯最杰出的在世作家之一，也是首位获得俄罗斯布克奖的女性。灵魂之躯》重复了她以前小说中的场景和画面，探讨了 "肉体"（telesnost´）如何成为其自身意义的宇宙。这与过去一个世纪主导俄罗斯文化的假设相矛盾，并将她笔下的老年人物与在苏联时代及其后艰难生存的知识分子联系起来。灵魂之躯》表现了年长人物的个人生活，往往是非政治性的生活，是如何悄悄地与国家理想相抵触的。

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SLAVONIC AND EAST EUROPEAN REVIEW HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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期刊介绍： The Review is the oldest British journal in the field, having been in existence since 1922. Edited and managed by the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, it covers not only the modern and medieval languages and literatures of the Slavonic and East European area, but also history, culture, and political studies. It is published in January, April, July, and October of each year.