A Nation Dreams of Itself
Imaginary Worlds
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Ukranian Literature and Folklore
Ukranian writers have been watching this imperial march of russian fantasy for a while. That's another reason why they've had to develop a more protective stance in their literature. Even if their novels aren't overtly political, just the fact that they're set in ukrane and written in ucranian makes them stand apart. I think that there the stories of national spirit o it bes it on ucrane and folklore. Because first of all, they need to build the past, their own past, not as the past of the empire, but the past ofThe quite independent.
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