Akram Aylisli, Village Prose, World Literature

dc.contributor.advisorHokanson, Katya
dc.contributor.authorOrte, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-18T19:30:41Z
dc.date.available2019-09-18T19:30:41Z
dc.date.issued2019-09-18
dc.description.abstractThis thesis takes Akram Aylisli’s Farewell, Aylis as an occasion to dwell on World Literature. Tracing Aylisli’s development as a Soviet writer of Azerbaijani “village prose,” I follow the displacements of the village enacted in his recent works. These displacements reflect Aylisli’s response to the violent events associated with the end of the Soviet Union in the South Caucasus. While carrying on the traditions of “village prose” in a way, Aylisli stands against the chauvinistic forces that conscripted many of its leading figures in Russia. Aylisli’s response rather involves 1) addressing taboo histories of communal violence denied by nationalist mythologies and 2) claiming kinship with authors beyond the established national literature of Azerbaijan. In this sense, he practices a version of the idea—old, yet revolutionary—that “poetry is the universal possession of humankind.” This thesis contains previously published material.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/24938
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectGlobal Novelen_US
dc.subjectTranslationen_US
dc.subjectVillage Proseen_US
dc.subjectWorld Literatureen_US
dc.titleAkram Aylisli, Village Prose, World Literature
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineRussian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Program
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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