ABSTRACT Vladimir Sharov (1952–2018) and Evgenii Vodolazkin (1964–) are among the most significant and influential writers of contemporary postmodern Russian fiction. This article argues that the subgenre of institutional Gothic – defined here as Gothic plots set in mental asylums, hospital wards, and other places of involuntary confinement – is an important structural and metafictional element in their novels. It also suggests that these authors’ use of the Gothic mode corresponds to the traditional function of Gothic narrative as a reaction to historical trauma. Each of the novels discussed here (Sharov’s Sled v sled [In Their Footsteps, 1988], and Vodolazkin’s Aviator [The Aviator, 2016]) re-sites traditional European Gothic plots in analogous Soviet and post-Soviet institutional settings, including the clinic, the prison camp, and the mental asylum. For context, the article also discusses Gothic aspects of Sharov’s later novels Repetitsii (The Rehearsals, 1992) and Do i vo vremia (Before and During, 1993).

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弗拉基米尔·沙罗夫（Vladimir Sharov）和叶夫根尼·沃多拉兹金（Evgenii Vodolazkin）小说中的制度哥特式

摘要弗拉基米尔·沙罗夫（Vladimir Sharov，1952-2018年）和埃夫根尼·沃多拉兹金（Evgenii Vodolazkin，1964年，）是当代后现代俄罗斯小说中最重要，最有影响力的作家。本文认为，机构哥特式的亚体（这里定义为精神病院，医院病房和其他非自愿禁闭场所中的哥特式情节）是其小说中的重要结构和超小说元素。这也表明这些作者对哥特式模式的使用与哥特式叙事作为对历史创伤的反应的传统功能相对应。此处讨论的每种小说（Sharov的Sled v sled [在他们的脚步声中，1988]和Vodolazkin的Aviator [The Aviator，2016]）将传统的欧洲哥特式情节重新定位在类似苏联和后苏联的机构环境中，包括诊所，监狱营地 和精神病院。就上下文而言，本文还讨论了Sharov后来的小说Repetitsii（《排练》，1992年）和《 Do v vovemia》（之前和期间，1993年）的哥特式内容。