Voices and Territories: A Map of Identity in Modern Ukrainian Prose

Romanenko O. Voices and Territories: A Map of Identity in Modern Ukrainian Prose. LOGOS. 2022. Vol. 110. P. 176-183. URL: https://doi.org/10.24101/logos.2022.18

The article discusses examples of understanding post-colonial identity in modern Ukrainian prose, as well as models for interpreting this phenomenon. In Ukrainian literature, this phenomenon is described in stories about returning or moving to another place. moving across the border, learning about new space, and memorizing forgotten language plots are important components of such prose. They provide an opportunity to reveal a character’s hybrid identity and bring back memories of real-life events. These aspects are embodied in the work of Serhiy zhadan, Victoria Amelina, Volodymyr Rafeenko. In their prose, the colonial past is destroyed by overcoming an ambivalent hybrid identity, drawing up a new identity map and returning to the native language.