The Annexation of Crimea in Russian Literature of the 18th and 21st Centuries
The Annexation of Crimea in Russian Literature of the 18th and 21st Centuries
Author(s): Ulrike JekutschSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Comparative Linguistics, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: literary representation of history; annexation of Crimea; Russia; Ukraine; Crimean Tatars; literary reactions to the occupation of another country
Summary/Abstract: The paper outlines the historical facts of the first annexation of Crimea by Russia in 1783 and discusses the first literary reactions by Gavrila Deržavin and Semen Bobrov from the viewpoint of their representation of the Crimean Tatars. The second part of the paper describes the reactions of contemporary Ukrainian and Russian writers to the second annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014.
Journal: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 6
- Page Range: 251-269
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English
