Postawy kontestacyjne Pokolenia next (Stop! или Движение без остановок Iriny Bogatyriewej)

• Main Author: Liliana Kalita
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego 2020-12-01
• Series: Rusycystyczne Studia Literaturoznawcze
• Subjects: the “next” generation; contemporary russian prose; self-knowledge; bogatyreva; protest
• Online Access: https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RSL/article/view/11586

This paper examines Russia’s “next” generation and its expressions of anti-consu- merist protest, which stem from a fascination with the american beat Generation. Criticism of the consumerist lifestyle prompts the protagonists of bogatyreva’s prose to seek an alternative, especially through hitchhiking, which provides the opportunity to become closer to oneself and others. Communion with nature and a turn towards Eastern Mysticism become important elements of these new styles of existence. The nature of the rebellion of the “next” generation is primarily psy- chological, with an emphasis on expanding one’s own awareness, as well as social, underpinned by the dream of creating a society based on anti-capitalist ideals.