ABSTRACT Sofiia Andrukhovych’s 2014 novel Felix Austria (Feliks Avstriia) became Ukraine’s most critically acclaimed and commercially successful work of literature published in the immediate aftermath of the Euromaidan revolution of 2013–14. It combined an ambitious historical reconstruction of daily life in the year 1900 in a mid-size city in the Habsburg-ruled part of Ukraine and an engaging plot skilfully employing multiple devices associated with the Gothic tradition, especially in its latter-day and postmodernist reinterpretations. The novel’s success is especially telling in the context of the rising interest in the Gothic in Ukrainian culture. Told by an unreliable narrator, the novel prompts readers to interrogate their assumptions. In the context of Ukraine, it is particularly subversive in its engagement with the nostalgic myth of the Habsburg Empire as a multi-ethnic utopia of tolerance, and by implication it challenges all imperial myths. The novel’s emphasis on the quest for (self-)discovery strongly resonated with readers in the context of a socio-political crisis, which highlighted the relevance of the distinct postcolonial overtones in its message.

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索菲亚·安德鲁霍维奇的费利克斯·奥地利：后殖民新哥特式和乌克兰的自我寻找

摘要索菲亚·安德鲁霍维奇（Sofiia Andrukhovych）的2014年小说《菲利克斯·奥地利》（Feliks Avstriia）成为乌克兰最受赞誉和商业成功的文学作品，在2013-14年度欧洲maimaidan革命后立即出版。它结合了1900年在乌克兰哈布斯堡王朝统治地区的一座中型城市中雄心勃勃的历史性日常生活重建以及一个巧妙地运用多种与哥特式传统相关的手段的引人入胜的情节，尤其是在后期和后现代主义诠释中。在乌克兰文化中对哥特式音乐的兴趣日益浓厚的背景下，这部小说的成功尤其可见一斑。这本小说由一个不可靠的叙述者讲述，提示读者去审视他们的假设。就乌克兰而言，它与哈布斯堡王朝的怀旧神话（多民族宽容的乌托邦）互动时极具颠覆性，暗示它挑战了所有帝国神话。在社会政治危机的背景下，小说对寻求（自我）发现的强调引起了读者的强烈共鸣，这突显了其信息中不同的后殖民色彩的相关性。