Понятие гендера у Платонова: метафоры женственности и сексуальности в произведениях 20-30ых годов
Platonov and Gender: An Analysis of the Metaphors of Feminity and Sexuality
0
조회
0
다운로드
0
인용
0
참고문헌
키워드
초록
The works of Platonov in the 1920s reveal an ambivalent and contradictory representation of women and sex; while women in his works are depicted as enemies of revolution, mere instruments for giving birth, or objects of desire, they are simultaneously idealized beings, symbols of future and socialism at the same time (see, for example, the essay "Spirit of the World," the editorial "The Proletariat & Sex," and so forth). This dualism as a particular system of thinking carries over into Platonov’s literary works. As a result, issues of gender (feminity and sexuality) are extremely distorted in his prose. Including the novels Chevengur and Kotlovan, in Platonov’s major works heroines are expressed but not embodied; they tend to be either already dead or otherwise lacking consciousness: consider the mother of Nastya in Kotlovan, the mother of Sasha and Rosa Luxemburg in Chevengur. However, in the 1930s-40s, his position subtly shifted. In the short stories "Fro," "Potudan River" and "Return," his heroines are embodied and animated, and issues of sex and feminity are not obscured, but sensitively exposed. This paper takes as its theme the particularities of this ambivalent relationship to gender in Platonov’s early and later works. In particular, this paper attempts to reveal how metaphors of feminity and sexuality in Platonov’s works disclose a male bias concerning communism and Stalinism, and the process of their conquest.
Abstract
The works of Platonov in the 1920s reveal an ambivalent and contradictory representation of women and sex; while women in his works are depicted as enemies of revolution, mere instruments for giving birth, or objects of desire, they are simultaneously idealized beings, symbols of future and socialism at the same time (see, for example, the essay "Spirit of the World," the editorial "The Proletariat & Sex," and so forth). This dualism as a particular system of thinking carries over into Platonov’s literary works. As a result, issues of gender (feminity and sexuality) are extremely distorted in his prose. Including the novels Chevengur and Kotlovan, in Platonov’s major works heroines are expressed but not embodied; they tend to be either already dead or otherwise lacking consciousness: consider the mother of Nastya in Kotlovan, the mother of Sasha and Rosa Luxemburg in Chevengur. However, in the 1930s-40s, his position subtly shifted. In the short stories "Fro," "Potudan River" and "Return," his heroines are embodied and animated, and issues of sex and feminity are not obscured, but sensitively exposed. This paper takes as its theme the particularities of this ambivalent relationship to gender in Platonov’s early and later works. In particular, this paper attempts to reveal how metaphors of feminity and sexuality in Platonov’s works disclose a male bias concerning communism and Stalinism, and the process of their conquest.
참고문헌 (25)
- Агеносов В., "Советский философский роман, М", ~ (1989)
- Бродский И., ""Предисловие к повести «Котлован»," Андрей Платонов. Мир творчества" (1994), Современный писатель
- Геллер М., "Андрей Платонов в поисках счастья. Paris", ~ (1982)
- Голуков М., "Утраченные альтернативы" (1992), Наследие
- Гурвич А., "«Андрей Платонов», Андрей Платонов: Воспоминания современников. Материалы к биографии" (1994), Современный писатель
- Гюнтер Х., ""«Счастливая Москва» и Архетип матери в советской культуре 30-х годов", Страна философов Андрея Платонова: проблемы творчества" (1999), Наследие
- Колонтай А., "Большая любовь, повести и рассказы" (2008), Азбука- классика
- Осипович Т., ""«Новая женщина» в беллетристике Александры Колонтай", ~
- Платонов А., "Душа мира, Государственный житель" (1990), Мастацкая литература
- Платонов А., "Но одна душа у человека, Государственный житель" (1990), Мастацкая литература
- Платонов А., "Чевенгур" (1991), Высшая школа
- Платонов А., "Котлован. Взыскание погибших" (1995), Школа пресс
- Платонов А., "Счастливая Москва" (2010), Эксмо
- Семенова С., ""«Тайное тайных» Андрея Платонова: эрос и пол," Страна философов Андрея Платонова: проблемы творчества. Вып. 1. М.; Наследие", ~ (1994)
- Толстая–Сегал Е., "Идеологические контексты Платонова", Russian Literature (1981)
- Ходел Р., ""Чевенгур и Роза Люксембург," Страна философов Андрея Платонова: проблемы творчества, Вып. 4, М.; Наследие", ~ (2000)
- Шепард Ж., ""Любовь к дальнему и любовь к ближнему в творчестве А. Платонова", Страна Философов Андрея Платонова: проблемы творчества, Вып. 1, М.; Наследие", ~ (1994)
- Яблоков Е., "О типологии персонажей А. Платонова, Старана философов Андрея Платонова: проблемы творчества. Вып. 1, М.; Наследие", ~ (1994)
- Яблоков Е., "На берегу Неба" (2001), Petropolis
- Энгельс Ф., ""Происхождение семьи, частной собственности и государства,” Маркс К., Энгельс Ф. Сочинения, Т. 21, Текст из сайта: http:", site, pp.Classic, family.htm
- Butler, J., "Gender trouble: feminism and the subversion of identity" (1999), Routledge
- Felski, R., "The Gender of Modernity" (1995), Harvard Univ. Press
- Foucault, M., "The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction" (1978), Pantheon books
- Naiman, E., "Andrei Platonov and the Inadmissibility of Desire", Russian Literature, 23(4) (1988)