Observance And Openness:A Study Of New Russian Novels

The disintegration of the Soviet Union is an important transition in the development of Russian society and history.After the disintegration of the Soviet Union,the political climate tends to be open and democratized.Europe-Atlanticism,Neo-Slavism,Neo-Eurasianism and other major social thoughts explore and ponder the historical dilemma of "Where is Russia heading" in the new era.After the disintegration of the Soviet Union,nihilism appeared in New Russia,as well as the trend of cultural development in the revival of Orthodox Church.At the same time,popular cultural thoughts were also introduced into disintegrated Russia.New Russian literature is the literary form emerging in this new social and historical cultural context.The reform and transformation of the social system have caused a shift in aesthetic consciousness and cultural concepts,and this shift has triggered a new orientation in literary creation and a new trend of literary development.However,as a written carrier of national spirit and cultural tradition,literature can by no means separated from the national spirit and cultural traditions;therefore,the new Russian literature after the disintegration of the Soviet Union has new changes and development trends,and at the same time,it will inevitably show the stable statement in the change,highlighting the national spirit and cultural traditions of Russia.In the course of Russian social development,intellectuals have been constantly searching for freedom and exploring it.Russian intellectuals have a spiritual characteristic that is alienated and deviated from state power and ideological discourse.Freedom is the main spiritual character of the Russian intellectual group,and the new Russian novels demonstrate their spiritual freedom.Eschatology reference is the inherent spiritual structure of Russia,and the Russian soul is always pursuing the city of the future.Russian literature in the era of crisis will always have myths about the eschatology.The new Russian novels after the disintegration of the Soviet Union show certain hue of eschatology.Under the influence of earth worship in polytheism and folklore beliefs,Russia has a cultural tradition of vernacular worship,and land has become a cultural symbol of the Russian nation.Through the depiction of conflict between the city and the countryside as well as between the modern times and tradition,new Russian novels examine the contemporary evolution of the national culture psychology and morality,looking for tradition and eternity in the countryside,calling for the return of the spirit,and showing a certain local consciousness.The worship of the goddess of polytheism,the Virgin Mary,and Sophia in Russia has formed the cultural psychology and cosmology of female worship in Russia.The worship to women has become a collective unconscious style in the Russian national culture.New Russian novels demonstrate the culture tradition of Russian female worship.After the disintegration of the Soviet Union,with the shift of social,historical and cultural context,the previous postmodernist literature had a greater impact from the late1980 s to the end of the 1990 s,triggering an upsurge of postmodernist creation.In addition,post-modern poetics strategies have also been applied to the creation of post-realistic literature.Post-modernist literature and post-realistic literature are undoubtedly two primary literary types in New Russian literature,whose creation was obviously influenced by the western postmodernism culture,being full of postmodern poetics strategies such as intertextuality,fragmentation,and anti-genre,and presenting distinctive postmodernist aesthetic characteristics.While using post-modern poetics strategies and highlighting the characteristics of post-modern aesthetics,new Russian novels also show concern for the social problems before and after the disintegration of the Soviet Union,as well as worries about the country’s future and national destiny,and demonstrate Russian cultural traditions and national spirit.Russian novel is a literary form that integrates change and invariability,openness and observance.The integration of local and western culture in new Russian literature demonstrates the observance and openness of New Russian literature.This is also a contemporary thinking and literary investigation of the eternal puzzle on Russian identity positioning and cultural belonging.