Open AccessGERMAN RECEPTION OF MODERN MIGRANT PROSE OF THE AUTHORS FROM THE FORMER USSR
Author(s) -
Anastasia A. Anokhina
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
praktiki and interpretacii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2415-8852
DOI - 10.18522/2415-8852-2021-1-93-103
Subject(s) - german , narrative , character (mathematics) , promotion (chess) , immigration , literature , phenomenon , german literature , history , russian literature , literary criticism , sociology , political science , art , law , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , archaeology , epistemology , politics
The literature of migrant authors from the former USSR became popular in the German literary market not only within the framework of the well-known international phenomenon of “new immigrant chic”, but also due to the specific character of German literary market, which is characterized by the demand for “narrative lightness” of modern literature. The main aspects of the promotion of writers on the literary scene in Germany are the role of the literary publisher in choosing marketing strategies for authors, the self-positioning of writers, and the interest of the readers in a biography that is exotic for German-speaking society. The interaction between different generations of migrant writers, the lack of success of migrant prose from the former Soviet Union in the Russian literary market as well as the current trend towards publishers’ creating a feigned image of the migrant writer with Russian roots are particularly relevant topics in this discussion.