Synthetic Research on Russian Postmodernist Literature of the Nineties

我们研究了俄罗斯后现代主义在不同流派(散文、诗歌、批评、戏剧、艺术、电影等)中的主要产品，并根据以下几点对其进行了表征：1)后现代主义思想及其特定的创作风格在当代俄罗斯流行到什么程度？2)与世界其他地区相比，俄罗斯后现代主义有什么特殊性？3)90年代俄罗斯新文化与革命前文化遗产有什么关系，以及苏联文化？4)后现代主义对俄罗斯文化认同的表达起到了什么样的作用？由此我们得出结论，俄罗斯后现代主义绝不是单纯的欧洲潮流的输入，而是植根于俄罗斯的文化史。这就是为什么后现代主义在当代俄罗斯不仅是反苏、反共运动的载体，而且是19世纪和20世纪所有文化模式的独特调停者。我们还组织了一次研讨会--《新世纪门槛的俄罗斯文化》(2000年7月12-15日，斯拉夫研究中心)，以寻求关于这一主题的国际对话。我们的研究成果部分发表在：T.Mochizuki(编辑)，新世纪的俄罗斯文化，斯拉夫研究中心，2001年；T.Mochizuki，E.Vlasov，B.Lanin，现代俄罗斯作家，(http：//src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/Writer/windex-e.html).

We studied major products of Russian postmodernism in various genres (prose, poetry, criticism, the ater, art, movie and so on), and characterized them according to the following points : 1) To what extent the postmodernist thought and its specific creational styles are prevalent in contemporary Russia? 2) What is the specificity of Russian postmodernism in comparison with that in other regions of the world? 3) What is the relation between Russia's new culture in the 90s and the legacy of pre-revolutionary culture, as well as the Soviet culture? 4) What kind of role does postmodernism play for the expression of Russias' cultural self-identity?As a result we came to the conclusion that Russian postmodernism is by no means mere import of the European trend, but has its root in Russia's cultural history. This is why postmodernism functions in contemporary Russia not only as a vehicle of anti-soviet, anti-communist movement but also as a unique mediator for all cultural modes of the 19th and 20th centuries.We also organized a symposium "Russian Culture on the Threshold of a New Century" (12-15 July, 2000, Slavic Research Center) for the pursuit of international conversation on this topic. Results of our research are partly published in : T.Mochizuki (ed.), Russian Culture on the Threshold of a New Century, Slavic Research Center, 2001 ; T.Mochizuki, E.Vlasov, B.Lanin, Modern Russian Writers, (http : //src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/Writer/windex-e.html).