Beyond Metafiction AVI files derived from a detailed understanding

derived from a detailed understanding of the structures and norms of major political institutions

and the impact of modern technology on the presentation and reception of

Opposing positions of all sorts are summarized and criticized

The best ones can transform economic laggards into trailblazers

reinvigorating the possibility of utopia

Beyond Metafiction AVI files derived from a detailed understandingAlthough metafiction has been the subject of much critical and theoretical writing, this is the first full length study of its place in Soviet literature. Focusing on metafictional works by Leonid Leonov, Marietta Shaginyan, Konstantin Vaginov, and Veniamin Kaverin, it examines, within a broadly Bakhtinian theoretical framework, the relationship between their self consciousness and their cultural and political context. The texts are shown to challenge