Post-Soviet Era

End of the 20^th century has proven a difficult period for Russian literature, with relatively few distinct voices. Among the most discussed authors of this period were Victor Pelevin, who gained popularity with first short stories and then novels, novelist and playwright Vladimir Sorokin, and the poet Dmitry Prigov.

A relatively new trend in Russian literature is that female short story writers Tatyana Tolstaya or Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, and novelists Lyudmila Ulitskaya or Dina Rubina have come into prominence.

Detective stories and thrillers have proven a very successful genre of new Russian literature: in the 1990s serial detective novels by Alexandra Marinina, Polina Dashkova and Darya Dontsova were published in millions of copies. In the next decade a more highbrow author Boris Akunin with his series about the 19^th century sleuth Erast Fandorin became widely popular.

Fantasy and Science fiction literature is still among best-selling with authors like Sergey Lukyanenko, Nick Perumov and Maria Semenova. A good share of modern Russian science fiction is produced in Ukraine, especially in Kharkiv, home to H.L. Oldie, Alexander Zorich, Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, Yuri Nikitin and Andrey Valentinov. Significant contribution to Russian horror literature has been done by another Ukrainian author Andrey Dashkov and Alexander Vargo.

The tradition of the classic Russian novel continues with such authors as Mikhail Shishkin and Vasily Aksyonov.

The leading poets of the young generation are arguably Dmitry Vodennikov and Andrey Rodionov, both famous not only for their verses, but also for their ability to artistically recite them. In the late 2000s (decade) a new generation of young poets came, who prefer the classic style of writing, which inherits the traditions of the Silver Age: Maria Markova (owner of the Russian presidential award), Andrey Nitchenko (winner of many authoritative literary contests) and many others.

Task 1. Give Russian equivalents to the following English ones:

Proliferation of avant-garde literature, to become the officially approved style, to follow strictly the Socialist realism guidelines, to insist on the right to write independently of political ideology, to be forced to reject his views, to write in exile, to bring some fresh wind to the literature, to be prosecuted for his Anti-Soviet sentiments, to be expelled from the country, to be reminiscent of social problems, to gain popularity, to become widely popular, to be famous for the verses, to inherit the traditions of Silver Age.

Task 2. Give English equivalents to the following Russian ones:

Авантюрный роман, продолжать классическую традицию русской литературы, не публиковаться до хрущевской оттепели, вынудить отказаться от Нобелевской премии, становиться феноменом массовой культуры, отважиться выступить против советской идеологии, лауреат Нобелевской премии, противоречить официальной советской историографии, запрещать публикацию, эмигрировать в США, перепечатывать произведения вручную, относительно независимый, создавать большое множество научно-фантастических романов, вдохновляться освоением космоса, формировать свой собственный стиль, сатира на современное советское общество, утопические взгляды на будущее, приобретать популярность, новая тенденция в русской литературе, завоевать известность, существенный вклад, декламировать стихотворения.

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