ГЕНДЕРНЫЕ АСПЕКТЫ В РУССКОЙ ПРОЗЕ КОНЦА XX – НАЧАЛА XXI ВЕКА

Abstract

This article investigates the problem of gender identification in Russian prose of the transitional period — the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The authors focus on analysing how the collapse of the Soviet value system gave rise to fundamentally new literary strategies for depicting men and women. The study examines how writers of this period deconstruct Soviet gender clichés, construct the image of the 'new woman', and record the disintegration of the patriarchal order through the fates of male characters. The article offers an analysis of specific narrative techniques employed by authors to articulate gender issues: shifts in focalisation, corporeal discourse, and silence as a narrative strategy. The conclusion is drawn that the gender shift in Russian prose of this period is inseparable from the broader processes of rethinking national identity and historical memory.