Autobiography as Zoegraphy: Dmitrii A. Prigov’s Zhivite v Moskve

Kohl, Philipp (2014): Autobiography as Zoegraphy: Dmitrii A. Prigov’s Zhivite v Moskve. In: AvtobiografiЯ = Autobiografija: Journal on Life Writing and the Representation of the Self in Russian Culture, Nr. 3: S. 171-183

Abstract

This article discusses Dmitrii Prigov’s autobiographical novel Live in Moscow (Zhivite v Moskve, 2000). Following Giorgio Agamben’s distinction between bios as political life and zoe as biological life, it develops the term ‘zoegraphy’ as a poetological concept. Thus, the article aims to illuminate an aspect hitherto neglected in life-writing studies: autobiographical texts do not only refer to the life of a human subject, but also to non-human forms of life. After outlining a concept of zoegraphical writing, the article points out its narrative and anthropological implications in Prigov’s text.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Keywords: Prigov; Autobiographical novel; Live in Moscow zoegraphy; Non-human forms of life
• Fakultät: Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften > Department 2 > Slavische Philologie
• Themengebiete: 700 Künste und Unterhaltung > 700 Künste ; 800 Literatur > 890 Andere Literaturen
• ISSN: 2281-6992
• Sprache: Englisch