Ukrainian crime fiction: trends, themes, traditions
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Date
2025
Keywords
gothic fiction, crime fiction, Ukraine, historical memory
Abstract (summary)
This article traces the development of crime fiction in Ukraine: its origins in the gothic literary movement, main authors, historical memory and colonial traumas, role as an instrument of Ukraine’s cultural diplomacy, limited presence in the Soviet era, and proliferation following Ukraine’s independence.
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Krys, Svitlana (Lana). “Ukrainian Crime Fiction: Trends, Themes, Traditions.” Clues: A Journal of Detection (Vol. 43, No. 1, Spring 2025), edited by Caroline Reitz, and Margaret Kinsman, McFarland, 2025, pp. 9–24.
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