А. Рудалев. 4 выстрела (А. Жучкова)

В рецензии рассматривается книга А. Рудалева «4 выстрела», посвященная новому реализму и творчеству З. Прилепина, Р. Сенчина, С. Шаргунова и Г. Садулаева. Рецензент критикует автора книги за неполное и необъективное отражение феномена «нового реализма», на протяжении более десяти лет бывшего предметом острой дискуссии в литературной критике и литературоведении.

A. Rudalyov. 4 shots (A. Zhuchkova)

The review considers A. Rudalyov’s book 4 Shots [ 4 vystrela ], devoted to the ‘new realism’, a trend in 2000s Russian literature, and more specifically, works of four ‘new realists’: Z. Prilepin, R. Senchin, S. Shargunov, and G. Sadulaev. The reviewer criticizes the author for an incomplete and biased presentation of ‘new realism’, which had been a focus of intense discussions among literary critics and scholars for over a decade. The same flaw blights the descriptions of the four chapters’ respective protagonists: Prilepin, Senchin, Shargunov, and Sadulaev. Rudalyov ended up writing a panegyric, albeit with very sparse language, mainly by repetition of flattering epithets from the press. He failed, however, to address the discussion of the ‘new realism’ by critics or supply a review of literary theoretical research on the subject. Therefore, the reviewer finds the book lacking in any historical-literary and philological value.