Narrating Identity

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Campo DC	Valore
dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_6003
dc.contributor.author	Marcati Valentina
dc.title	Narrating Identity. Identity Construction and Fragmentation in German Sadulaev’s Ja – čečenec! and Šalinskij rejd
dc.type	Capitolo
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	The collapse of the Soviet Union and the Chechen wars were for German Sadulaev, a writer of Chechen origin, the starting point for a broad reflection on identity and nationality in the post-Soviet era. This paper aims to scrutinise how issues related to identity are addressed in two works by the author, the collection of short stories Ja – čečenec! [I Am a Chechen, 2006] and the novel Šalinskij rejd [The Raid on Shali, 2010]. Specific attention is paid to the role that narratives play in the considered works. In this respect, the paper first considers ethnicity/nationality as a narrative construct. Then, it deals with fragmentation of identity self-narrative as the consequence of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Finally, it considers the act of narrating as an attempt to hold together collective and personal identities.
dc.relation.ispartof	Eurasiatica
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2021-12-21
dc.dateAccepted	2021-07-22
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-03-15
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-551-3/narrating-identity/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-550-6/008
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8879
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9433
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-551-3
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-550-6
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Chechnya
dc.subject	Chechnya
dc.subject	Collective Memory
dc.subject	Collective Memory
dc.subject	German Sadulaev
dc.subject	German Sadulaev
dc.subject	Nationalism
dc.subject	Nationalism
dc.subject	Post-Soviet Literature
dc.subject	Post-Soviet Literature
dc.subject	Postcolonial Studies
dc.subject	Postcolonial Studies
dc.subject	Russophone Literature
dc.subject	Russophone Literature
dc.subject	Trauma and Memory Studies
dc.subject	Trauma and Memory Studies

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Narrating Identity

Identity Construction and Fragmentation in German Sadulaev’s Ja – čečenec! and Šalinskij rejd

Valentina Marcati Università degli Studi di Milano, Italia

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abstract

The collapse of the Soviet Union and the Chechen wars were for German Sadulaev, a writer of Chechen origin, the starting point for a broad reflection on identity and nationality in the post-Soviet era. This paper aims to scrutinise how issues related to identity are addressed in two works by the author, the collection of short stories Ja – čečenec! [I Am a Chechen, 2006] and the novel Šalinskij rejd [The Raid on Shali, 2010]. Specific attention is paid to the role that narratives play in the considered works. In this respect, the paper first considers ethnicity/nationality as a narrative construct. Then, it deals with fragmentation of identity self-narrative as the consequence of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Finally, it considers the act of narrating as an attempt to hold together collective and personal identities.

Pubblicato

21 Dicembre 2021

Accettato

22 Luglio 2021

Presentato

15 Marzo 2021

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ISBN (PRINT)

978-88-6969-551-3

ISBN (EBOOK)

978-88-6969-550-6

Keywords: Post-Soviet Literature • Russophone Literature • Collective Memory • Nationalism • German Sadulaev • Trauma and Memory Studies • Chechnya • Postcolonial Studies

permalink: http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-550-6/008

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