Imperinio diskurso problematika šiuolaikiniuose rusų kultūros tyrinėjimuose
Problematic of “Imperial Discourse” in the Modern Studies of Russian Culture

Summary/Abstract: This article aims at discussing methods of analysis and understanding of the “imperial discourse” in modern investigations of Russian culture. Having introduced Michel Foucault’s and Edward Said’s basic concepts that have influenced postcolonial studies and researches of Russian culture, the author proceeds to the works of Ewa Thompson, Alexander Etkind, Susan Layton, Andrei Zorin, Richard Wortman and Harsha Ram. The concept of imperial discourse in their works describes the relationship between the culture and literary text to specific historical context defined as imperial. The relationship between the text and imperial context is ambiguous and is demonstrated on different levels. This relationship is revealed in investigations of the ceremonies of the Russian imperial court, literary representations, functioning of ideological symbols, as well as the genre poetics and the lyrical subject’s specifics. General feature of these investigations of Russian culture and literature is that rather than analyzing repressive aspects of imperial discourse (except Ewa Thompson), the authors focus on its constructive aspects that reveal new meanings of text and specify formation of cultural identity of Russian writers.

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