Modern Russian literature - the best works

What time interval does it refer to when the term "modern Russian literature" is mentioned? It is obvious that it originates from 1991, having received an impulse of development after the collapse of the USSR. There is no doubt that this cultural phenomenon exists. Many literary critics agree that four generations of writers are behind the creation and development of it.

Sixties and modern literature

So, modern Russian literature arose immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Iron Curtain, not from scratch. This was largely due to the legalization of works by the writers of the sixties, previously banned for publication. The public re-discovered the names of Fazil Iskander (the story "Constellation Kozlotura", the novel-epic "Sandro from Chegem"); Vladimir Voinovich (novel "The Adventures of Ivan Chonkin", novels "Moscow 2042", "The Purpose"); Vasily Aksenov (novels "Crimean Island", "Burn"), Valentin Rasputin (the story "Fire", "Live and Remember", the story "Lessons of the French").

Writers of the 70s

Together with the works of the generation of disgraced free-thinkers of the sixties, modern Russian literature began with books of authors of the generation of the 70s allowed for publication. She was enriched with the works of Andrei Bitov (novel "Pushkin House", a collection of "Aptekarsky Island", the novel "The Departing Monks"); Venedikt Erofeev (poem in the prose "Moscow - Petushki", play "Dissidents, or Fanny Kaplan"); Victoria Tokareva (collections of short stories "When it became a little warmer", "About what was not"); Vladimir Makanin ("The table covered with cloth and with a decanter in the middle", "One and One"), Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (stories "The Thunder Strike", "Never").

Writers initiated by perestroika

The third generation of writers-creators of literature was awakened to creativity directly by perestroika. Modern Russian literature was enriched with new and bright names of its creators: Victor Pelevin (novels Chapaev and Void, Life of Insects, Numbers, Ampir V, T, Snuff), Lyudmila Ulitskaya (novels Medea and Her children "," The Case of Kukotsky "," Sincerely your Shurik "," Daniel Stein, translator "," The Green Tent "); Tatyana Tolstoy (novel "Kys", collections of stories "The River Okkervil", "You Love - Do not Love", "Night", "Day", "Circle"); Vladimir Sorokin (novels "Day of the Oprichnik", "Snowstorm", novels "Norma", "Telluria", "Blue Lard"); Olga Slavnikova (novels "Dragonfly, increased to the size of a dog", "Alone in a Mirror", "2017", "Immortal", "Waltz with a Monster").

A new generation of writers

And, finally, modern Russian literature of the 21st century has been enriched by a generation of young writers whose beginnings were directly related to the state sovereignty of the Russian Federation. To young, but already recognized talents can be attributed to Andrei Gerasimov (novels "Steppe Gods", "Razgulyaevka", "Cold"); Denis Gutsko ("Russian-Speaking"); Ilya Kochergin (the story "Assistant to the Chinese", stories "Wolves", "Altynai", "Altai stories"); Ilya Stogoff (novels "Macho does not cry", "Apocalypse yesterday", "The revolution is now!", Collections of stories "Ten fingers", "Dogs of God"); Roman Senchin (novels "Information", "Eltysheva", "Zone of flooding").

Literary awards stimulate creativity

It's no secret that modern Russian literature of the 21st century is so rampant due to numerous sponsorship prizes. Additional motivation stimulates the authors to further develop their creativity. In 1991, the Russian Booker Award was approved under the auspices of the British company British Petrolium. In 2000, thanks to the sponsorship of the construction and investment company "Vistcom", another major prize was created - "Natsbest". And finally, the most significant is the "Big Book", established in 2005 by Gazprom. The total number of acting literary prizes in the Russian Federation is approaching a hundred. Thanks to literary awards, the writer's profession became fashionable and prestigious; Russian language and modern literature received a significant impetus to their development; The previously prevalent method of realism in literature was supplemented by new directions.

Thanks to the current writers, the modern Russian language (as manifested in literary works) develops as a communicative system, through further universalization, ie, by borrowing syntactic constructions, individual words, verbal turns from common speech, professional communication, various dialects.

Styles of modern literature. Mass literature

The works of contemporary Russian literature are created by their authors in various styles, among which are mass literature, postmodernism, blogger literature, novel anti-utopia, literature for clerks. Let's consider these directions more in detail.

Mass literature today continues the tradition of entertaining literature of the end of the last century: fantasy, fantasy, thriller, action movie, detective, melodrama, adventure novel. However, at the same time, it feels a correction for the modern rhythm of life, for rapid scientific progress. Readers of popular literature make up the largest share of its market in Russia. Indeed, it attracts different age groups of the population, representatives of the most varied levels of education. Among the works of popular literature, compared with books of other literary styles, most of all bestsellers, ie, works that have a peak popularity.

The development of contemporary Russian literature today is determined to the greatest extent by the creators of books with maximum print runs: Boris Akunin, Sergei Lukyanenko, Daria Dontsova, Polina Dashkova, Alexandra Marinina, Evgeny Grishkovets, Tatiana Ustinova.

Postmodernism

Postmodernism as a trend in Russian literature arose in the 90s of the last century. His first adherents were the writers of the 70s Victor Erofeev and Andrei Bitov. Representatives of this direction contrasted realism with an ironic attitude toward communist ideology. They in art form demonstrated evidence of the crisis of totalitarian ideology. Their baton was continued by Vasily Aksenov "The Island of the Crimea" and Vladimir Voinovich "The Adventures of the Soldier Chonkin". Then they were joined by Eduard Limonov, Vladimir Sorokin, Anatoly Korolev. However, more brightly than all other representatives of this current, the star of Victor Pelevin was lit. Each book of this author (and they are published about once a year) gives a subtle artistic description of the development of society.

Russian literature at the present stage is being developed ideologically thanks to postmodernism. Characteristic for him, irony, inherent in the changes in the social system dominant chaos over the order, free combination of artistic styles determine the universality of the artistic palette of its representatives. In particular, Victor Pelevin in 2009 was informally awarded the honor of being considered the leading intellectual in Russia. The originality of his style lies in the fact that the writer used his unique interpretation of Buddhism and the liberation of the individual. His works are multipolar, they include many subtexts. Victor Pelevin is considered a classic of postmodernism. His books have been translated into all languages of the world, including Japanese and Chinese.

Novels - dystopia

Modern trends in Russian literature also contributed to the development of the genre of the novel - an anti-utopia, topical in times of changes in the social paradigm. Generic features of this genre is the presentation of the surrounding reality not directly, but already perceived by the consciousness of the main character. And the main idea of such works is the conflict of the individual and a totalitarian society of the imperial type. In its mission, such a novel is a warning book. Among the works of this genre you can name the novels "2017" (author - O. Slavnikov), "Underground" V. Makanin, "ZhD" D. Bykov, "Moscow 2042" V. Voinovich, "Empire V. V. Pelevin.

Blogging literature

The most complete problems of contemporary Russian literature are covered in the genre of blogger works. This type of literature has both common features with traditional literature, and significant differences. Like traditional literature, this genre performs cultural, educational, ideological, and relaxation functions. But, unlike it, it has a communicative function and a socialization function. It is blogging literature that fulfills the mission of communication between the participants of the literary process in Russia. Blogger literature performs functions characteristic of journalism.

It is more dynamic than traditional literature, because it uses small genres (reviews, sketches, information notes, essays, short poems, small stories). It is characteristic that the work of the blogger, even after its publication, is not closed, completed. After all, any comment that follows is not an isolated, but an organic part of the blog work. Among the most popular literary blogs, Runet stands out "Russian Book Community", the community "Discuss books", the community "What to read?"

Conclusion

Today's Russian literature is in the process of its creative development. Many of our contemporaries read out the dynamic works of Boris Akunin, enjoy the subtle psychology of Lyudmila Ulitskaya, follow the intricacies of Vadim Panov's fantasy stories, try to feel the pulse of time in the writings of Victor Pelevin. Today we have the opportunity to assert that even in our time unique writers create unique literature.