Rosyjska wielokulturowość w opowiadaniach Aleksandra Kuprina
Russian Multiculturalism in Aleksander Kuprin’s Work
Author(s): Nel BielniakSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: multiculturalism; ethnocentrism; xenophobia; national identity; tradition cultivation
Summary/Abstract: Alexander Kuprin belongs to the group of social writers at turn of 19th century, who broughtup aspects arising from contacts with different cultures, religions and languages on ethnicallyheterogeneous territory of the Russia. The author of The Duel eagerly used short prose forms, whichhe enriched with environmental and ethnographic reality, picturing mentality, customs and socialproblems, also religious and culture differences of other than Russian ethnic groups. In his workwe can fi nd portrayals of Crimean Tatars and Greeks, Poles, Polishchuks, Ukraininas, Circassians,Georgians, Armenians, and Jews.
Journal: Acta Neophilologica
- Issue Year: 1/2014
- Issue No: XVI
- Page Range: 141-151
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Polish