The Fictional and the Factual in Alexander J. Motyl’s Who Killed Andrei Warhol: The American Diary of a Soviet Journalist

Yakovenko, Iryna (2024) The Fictional and the Factual in Alexander J. Motyl’s Who Killed Andrei Warhol: The American Diary of a Soviet Journalist Roczniki Humanistyczne, 72 (11). с. 119-130. ISSN 0035-7707; 2544-5200

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Анотація

The article addresses the 2007 novel Who Killed Andrei Warhol: The American Diary of a Soviet Journalist by Alexander J. Motyl, analyzing its literary representations of the factual and the counterfactual. In his comic narrative about the past, constructed in the form of a diary of a Soviet journalist, Motyl blurs the line between historical and fictionalized facts. As a result, fictional characters (journalist Ivanov, Soviet communists Kelebek and Kolibri, Katyusha) and historical persons (Andy Warhol, Julia Zawacka, Valerie Solanas, Gus Hall, Morris Childs) co-exist on equal footing. Motyl’s novel is also regarded as a critique of the USSR, communist ideology, and propaganda, and as a satire on postmodern thinking. The article discusses the genre features of Who Killed Andrei Warhol as a novel written in the form of a pseudo-diary. The theoretical framework of the article is provided by the studies of the literary diary, and the works on representations of historical facts and counterfactuality in fiction.

Тип елементу :	Стаття
Ключові слова:	American popular fiction; political satire; the factual; the fictional; literary diary; Alexander J. Motyl
Типологія:	Статті у базах даних > Erih Plus Статті у базах даних > Index Copernicus Статті у базах даних > Scopus Статті у базах даних > Web of Science
Підрозділи:	Факультет романо-германської філології > Кафедра лінгвістики та перекладу
Користувач, що депонує:	Ірина Василівна Яковенко
Дата внесення:	25 Черв 2024 09:47
Останні зміни:	02 Жов 2024 07:51
URI:	https://elibrary.kubg.edu.ua/id/eprint/49313

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