Umění drásat. současné „ženské psaní“ v rusku
The Art of Scratching: Contemporary “Women’s Writing” in Russia

Author(s): Miroslav Olšovský
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Russian Literature
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: “Women’s Writing” in Russia; Vasyakina, feminist literary criticism; Cixous; Russian poetry of the 21st century; epistolary genre
Summary/Abstract: Vasyakina’s novel Rana (2021) is characterized by a minimalist style. In this novel, through the voice of her alter ego – the poet Oksana – she processes the traumatic experience of the death of her own mother, who fell ill with cancer. The narrative method is characterized by a ritualistic repetition that oscillates between autobiography and essay. Oksana tells the existential story of her dying mother in contrast to her lesbian experiences. The problem of gender creates a counterpoint to the trauma of the death of a loved one. The present study interprets Vasyakina’s novel in relation to the philosophical thinking of the French feminist Hélène Cixous.

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