The thesis is focused on the characteristics of the third stage of Russian emigration and its position within the context of modern Russian literature. The introduction describes the unwilling migration of the people from their homeland and the difficult political situation. The core of the thesis is to draw on the life and works of two representatives of the third stage of the Russian emigration - Sergej Dovlatov and Eduard Limonov. I will focus on the major works of both authors, their relationship to emigration, the comparison of their lives, themes (real life, features of autobiography in the work, lives of the common people) and poetics (styles, Dovlatov's humor, Limonov's expressive lexis) of their works. Briefly, I will focus on the reflection of both authors in their new homeland and another life of one of them (E. Limonov). Keywords: Sergej Dovlatov - Eduard Limonov - emigration - Russian literature of the 20th century - biography

This thesis is the first book-length study to explore the function of Russian obscene language (mat) in late Soviet and post-Soviet prose published between the late 1970s and the late 1990s. This period was characterised by radical socio-ideological transformations that also found expression in major shifts of established literary and linguistic norms. The latter were particularly strongly reflected in the fact that obscene language, which was banned from official Soviet discourse, gradually found its way into literary texts, thereby changing the notion of literary language and literature. The thesis breaks new ground by employing obscene language as a prism through which to demonstrate how its emergence in literature reflected and contributed to the shifts of established literary norms and boundaries. A second aim of the thesis is to trace the diachronic development of Russian literary mat. Primary sources include novels by authors pioneering the use of mat in fiction in the late 1970s, as well as texts by writers associated with ‘alternative prose’ and postmodernism. Applying a methodological framework that is based on an approach combining Bakhtinian dialogism with cultural narratology, the study demonstrates what the use of mat means and accomplishes in a given literary context. The methodological framework offers a systematic approach that does justice to the dynamic relationship between text and context, allowing for an analysis of the role of obscene language on all narrative levels while also taking the socio-historical context into account. The thesis offers not only new ways of interpreting the novels selected, it also provides new insight into the role of verbal obscenity in the process of ‘norm negotiation’ that has shaped and transformed Russian literary culture since the late 1970s. By accentuating the dialogic nature of obscene language, this study reveals that mat is a defining element of Russian (literary) culture, with implications for all facets of Russian identity.

Тема этой диссертации — это рассмотрение соотношении Биографии и Литературы в творчестве Эдуарда Лимонова через категорию «Творческого поведения». Говоря о творческом поведение данного писателя, автор говорит о «единой концепции» личности Лимонова и выделяет у него наличие двух ролевых моделей : интеллектуала vs маскулинного бунтаря. В основе этих состояний лежат различные манеры поведения и мироощущения, явленые как в жизни, так и в литературе. В основе поведения интеллектуала лежат робость, физическое и половое бессилие, мажорный тон, созерцательный настрой. С точки зрения эстетики – гипомания и гипербола как основной художественный прием. Для состояния бунтаря с точки зрения поведения характерно восприятие физической близости как способа утверждения собственной силы, противопоставление себя обществу девиантным поведением. С точки зрения эстетики – порноэстетика как способ противопоставления себя обществу, культ оружия, «театрализация» в политике (политика как способ творчества), культ молодости и презрение к старости. / The theme of this dissertation is the consideration of the relationship between Biography and Literature in the work of Eduard Limonov through the category of "Creative Behavior". Speaking about the creative behavior of this writer, the author speaks of a "single concept" of Limonov's personality and highlights the presence of two role models in him: an intellectual vs a masculine rebel. These states are based on various manners of behavior and attitudes, which are revealed both in life and in literature. The behavior of an intellectual is based on timidity, physical and sexual impotence, a major tone, and a contemplative mood. From the point of view of aesthetics - hypomania and hyperbole as the main artistic device. From the point of view of behavior, the state of a rebel is characterized by the perception of physical proximity as a way of asserting one's own strength, opposing oneself to society with deviant behavior. From the point of view of aesthetics - porno-aesthetics as a way of opposing oneself to society, the cult of weapons, "theatricalization" in politics (politics as a way of creativity), the cult of youth and contempt for old age.