»Truth« and Fiction
Conspiracy Theories in Eastern European Culture and Literature
Several of the most prolific and influential conspiracy theories have originated in Eastern Europe. The far reaching influence of conspiracy narratives can be observed in recent developments in Poland or with regard to the wars waged in Eastern Ukraine and in former Yugoslavia. This volume analyses the history behind this widespread phenomenon as well the role it has played in Eastern European cultures and literature both past and present.
Overview Chapters
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Frontmatter
Seiten 1 - 4 -
Contents
Seiten 5 - 8 -
Introduction
Seiten 9 - 18 -
RUSSIA/UKRAINE
Conspiracy Theories, Discourse Analysis and Narratology
Seiten 19 - 34 -
The News and What Is Behind It: Social Disorder and Conspirational Reading in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature
Seiten 35 - 60 -
Be on the Lookout! Soviet Conspiracy Drama of the 1920s and 1930s
Seiten 61 - 86 -
Alternative Constructions of Reality in Maksim Kurochkin's Play Medea Type Fighter
Seiten 87 - 98 -
"Thinking Spiritually" about the Last Tsar's Murder: Religious Discourse and Conspiracy Theories in Late Soviet Russia
Seiten 99 - 116 -
Alternative Healing Practices, Conspiracy Theory, and Social Trust in Post-Soviet Russia
Seiten 117 - 130 -
The Dulles Plan for Russia: Conspiracy Theories and Moral Panics in Post-Soviet Societies
Seiten 131 - 144 -
Conspiracy Theory and Neoconservative PR Strategies in the 2000−2010s: The Case of Aleksandr Prokhanov
Seiten 145 - 168 -
Plots against Russia: Conspiracy, Sincerity, and Propaganda
Seiten 169 - 184 -
Odessa 2014: Alternative News and Atrocity Narratives on Russian TV
Seiten 185 - 210 -
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
After the Final Full-Stop: Conspiracy Theories vs. Aesthetic Response in Miloš Urban's Poslední tečka za rukopisy (The Final Full-Stop after the Manuscripts)
Seiten 211 - 228 -
Trauma, Conspiracy, Memento: Representations of the Munich Crisis in Czech Cinema
Seiten 229 - 242 -
POLAND
Treason and Conspiracy at the Polish-Ukrainian BorderSava Chalyi/Sawa Czały
Seiten 243 - 260 -
Norwid's Critique of Conspiratorial Reason
Seiten 261 - 278 -
Truth under Attack, or the Construction of Conspiratorial Discourses after the Smolensk Plane Crash
Seiten 279 - 300 -
Wallenrodian Conspiracy Revisited Twice and Not Quite: Marcin Wolski's Wallenrod and Szczepan Twardoch's Wieczny Grunwald
Seiten 301 - 312 -
(POST-)YUGOSLAVIA
"The Conspiracy, or the Roots of the Disintegration of European Society." Danilo Kiš's Fictionalization of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
Seiten 313 - 332 -
Spying on the Balkan Spy. Paranoia and Conspiracy in the Works of Dušan Kovačević
Seiten 333 - 356 -
Books and Leeches: Conspiracy Theory in Yugoslav and Post-Yugoslav Literatures
Seiten 357 - 376 -
Contributors
Seiten 377 - 384
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3 August 2020, 384 pages
ISBN: 978-3-8376-4650-4
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