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“Little superfluous man” in Russian American fiction

E.M. Butenina
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https://doi.org/10.20339/PhS.2-17.073

 

Butenina Evgeniya M.,

Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor,

Far Eastern Federal University

e-mail: eve-butenina@yandex.ru

Since the middle of the 20th century, the two classical types of “little man” and “superfluous man” have been discussed as a merged character common for contemporary Russian fiction. The paper outlines the roots of this character in Lermontov and Chekhov and focuses on its varieties in third-wave and in fourth-wave Russian émigré authors.

Keywords: “little man”, “superfluous man”, Russian American fiction, Aksyonov, Dovlatov, Bezmozgis, Shteyngart.

 

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