Postcolonial identity in Yurii Andrukhovych’s poetry: landscapes and dislocation

Abstract

Postokolonialna teorija obravnava veliko pomembnih tematik, vprašanje identitete pa je ob dihotomiji moči/znanja in ob narativnih strategijah reprezentacije ključno. Analiza literarnega besedila omogoča prepoznavanje ideoloških sprememb v javnem diskurzu in posameznikovi zavesti, ki temelji na subjektovem jezikovnem vedenju. Postkolonialni pristop omogoča analizo izgradnje identitete in transformacije ter presečišče med govorečim subjektom in njegovimi različnimi identitetami. V tem kontekstu se poezija Jurija Andruhoviča izkaže kot zanimiv predmet obravnave. Oblikovanje subjekta in transformacijske strategije je mogoče preveriti s pomočjo ključnega koncepta pokrajine in dislokacije. Transformacija je prisotna v kontekstu generacijske paradigme. Poezija temelji na generaciji iz osemdesetih let 20. stoletja in ponuja tematsko razširitev na poezijo generacije iz devetdesetih let, usmerjena pa je v podvajanje in širjenje tematskih vsebin. Postcolonial theory deals with many important issues and the question of identity is a key one along with the power / knowledge dichotomy and the narrative strategies of representation. The analysis of literary text allows to identify ideological transformations in public discourse and individual consciousness which is based on subject’s linguistic behavior. The postcolonial approach allows to analyze identity construction and transformation as well as the intersection between the speaking subject and its different identities. In this context, the poetry of Yurii Andrukhovych is an interesting object for reflection. Subject construction and transformation strategies can be examined through the landscape and dislocation key concept. This transformation is vivid in the context of generational paradigm. Based on the transition from the 1980s generation, this poetry provides subject expansion to the 1990s generation poetry, and is oriented towards the doubling and multiplying of subject.