ARKADII DRAGOMOSHCHENKO’S POETIC LANDSCAPES AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SELFQUESTIONING AND CROSS-CULTURAL DISPLACEMENT IN THE LATE SOVIET UNDERGROUND

The poetry of Arkadii Dragomoshchenko (1946–2012), who spent his formative years in Ukraine and was active in the Leningrad underground of the 1970s and 1980s, represents a unique reflection of multiple cultural practices and media perspectives. Delving deeper into common assumptions of language, t...

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Main Author: Simone Guidetti
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Published: University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Philology 2025-06-01
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ARKADII DRAGOMOSHCHENKO’S POETIC LANDSCAPES AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SELFQUESTIONING AND CROSS-CULTURAL DISPLACEMENT IN THE LATE SOVIET UNDERGROUND
Filolog
Leningrad Underground literature
self-reflection
landscape poetry
Buddhism
Chinese art
Skovoroda
title ARKADII DRAGOMOSHCHENKO’S POETIC LANDSCAPES AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SELFQUESTIONING AND CROSS-CULTURAL DISPLACEMENT IN THE LATE SOVIET UNDERGROUND
title_full ARKADII DRAGOMOSHCHENKO’S POETIC LANDSCAPES AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SELFQUESTIONING AND CROSS-CULTURAL DISPLACEMENT IN THE LATE SOVIET UNDERGROUND
title_fullStr ARKADII DRAGOMOSHCHENKO’S POETIC LANDSCAPES AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SELFQUESTIONING AND CROSS-CULTURAL DISPLACEMENT IN THE LATE SOVIET UNDERGROUND
title_full_unstemmed ARKADII DRAGOMOSHCHENKO’S POETIC LANDSCAPES AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SELFQUESTIONING AND CROSS-CULTURAL DISPLACEMENT IN THE LATE SOVIET UNDERGROUND
title_short ARKADII DRAGOMOSHCHENKO’S POETIC LANDSCAPES AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SELFQUESTIONING AND CROSS-CULTURAL DISPLACEMENT IN THE LATE SOVIET UNDERGROUND
title_sort arkadii dragomoshchenko s poetic landscapes as an instrument of selfquestioning and cross cultural displacement in the late soviet underground
topic Leningrad Underground literature
self-reflection
landscape poetry
Buddhism
Chinese art
Skovoroda
url https://filolog.rs.ba/index.php/filolog/article/view/561
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