ABSTRACT This article focuses on a new trend in Russian women’s popular fiction – the inclusion of the description of current political events in texts of crime and love stories. Based both on the theoretical framework elaborated by Janice Radway (1984) and John Cawelti (1976) as well as existing studies of Russian women’s popular fiction, this article explores the peculiar features in the emergence and evolution of this genre in contemporary Russia. The article describes the gradual transition in women’s popular fiction from the neutral representation of political and social issues to the emergence of references to Russian domestic and foreign policy as well as normatively charged references to specific individuals from the Russian establishment. Moreover, in some cases, authors do not only mention political events, but they also make these a part of the plotline. As the narratives of the authors selected for evaluation are presented, both pro- and anti-government perspectives will be analyzed.

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打破体裁规则：俄罗斯女性通俗小说中的当前政治问题

摘要 本文关注俄罗斯女性流行小说的一个新趋势——在犯罪和爱情故事文本中加入对当前政治事件的描述。本文基于Janice Radway (1984) 和John Cawelti (1976) 阐述的理论框架以及对俄罗斯女性通俗小说的现有研究，探讨了当代俄罗斯女性通俗小说产生和演变的独特特征。这篇文章描述了女性通俗小说从政治和社会问题的中立表现逐渐过渡到对俄罗斯国内和外交政策的提及以及对俄罗斯机构中特定个人的规范性提及。此外，在某些情况下，作者不仅提到政治事件，但他们也使这些成为情节线的一部分。在呈现被选中进行评估的作者的叙述时，将分析亲政府和反政府的观点。