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Ways of Othering: Literary Image of Russians in Habsburg Lviv

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Ways of Othering: Literary Image of Russians in Habsburg LvivThe popular image of multicultural Lviv/Lwów in general, and under Habsburg rule in particular, usually excludes Russians from the group of genuine city dwellers. The main aim of this paper is to analyze the few portrayals of Russians in literary texts relating to the period of WWI. I compare Polish strategies of othering Russians as barbarians and an insidious element, prevalent in the literature for young readers of the 1920s, with the tendency of some Ukrainian authors to create a more nuanced image in the mass literature of the 2010s. The analysis of ways of othering Russians in the two identified groups of literary texts considers the geopolitical and national identity issues underpinning these trends. Ksztaltowanie obrazu Innego. Literacki obraz Rosjan w habsburskim LwowieW popularnym obrazie wielokulturowego Lwowa, zarówno polskim, jak i ukrainskim, do grona prawdziwych mieszkanców miasta zasadniczo nie moga zostac zaliczeni Rosjanie. Glównym celem artykulu jest analiza nielicznych przykladów ich wizerunków w tekstach literackich dotyczacych okresu I wojny swiatowej. Porównuje polskie strategie traktowania Rosjan jako „Innych” – barbarzynców i wrogów, realizowane w literaturze dla mlodych czytelników lat dwudziestych XX wieku, z ukrainska tendencja do tworzenia bardziej zniuansowanego obrazu w literaturze masowej ostatniej dekady. W analizie sposobów wykluczania Rosjan w tych dwóch grupach tekstów literackich uwzglednione zostaja kwestie geopolityczne i problem tozsamosci narodowej.

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