A Reading of Alexander Motyl’s Fall River Through the Lenses of Bordermemories

This paper examines the concepts of borderlands, borderscapes, and bordermemories as cultural discursive practices that have been extensively presented and analyzed in an increasing number of theoretical works in Border Studies. Contemporary American Ukrainian writers have made attempts to introduce...

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Main Author: Tetiana Ostapchuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy 2018-11-01
Series:Kyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal
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Online Access:http://kmhj.ukma.edu.ua/article/view/150389/149531
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Summary:This paper examines the concepts of borderlands, borderscapes, and bordermemories as cultural discursive practices that have been extensively presented and analyzed in an increasing number of theoretical works in Border Studies. Contemporary American Ukrainian writers have made attempts to introduce their hybrid experience and include it into American culture. One of them is Alexander J. Motyl, whose novel Fall River (2014) is analyzed as an example of border writing. The novel is based on the author’s narrative memory, rooted in his mother’s stories about Ukraine and their family members’ crossings of borders in the interwar period and belonging to two cultures, Ukrainian and American, that shaped their identities.
ISSN:2313-4895