Contemporary Russian Literature in Germany: Translations and Reception of Vladimir Sorokin's Works

The thesis studies works of Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin as the object of cultural transfer between Russia and Germany. His novel texts interact with a complex process of intercultural communication, which includes different kinds of institutes: publishers, translators, book fairs etc. The analysis of previously mentioned factors in the process of author’s translated prose publishing in Germany affords allows to determine the main vector of transfer. The Michel Espagne theory of cultural transfer represents a methodological basis of the thesis. The main idea of Espagne is the process of information exchanging between different cultural spaces. While internalizing one or another idea the process of recoding occurs: content (textual material) enters into a relationship with receiving cultural space with its historical and relevant context. Besides, the object of studying includes critical reviews to Vladimir Sorokin’s works. They are taken from the newspaper materials: taz, «Die Zeit» and FAZ. Their relevance consists in availability and wide representation in Germany .Reception included to newspaper discourse differentiates from passive comprehension of the novel text. The figure of the writer, his art and life facts become a valuable part of media communication and adjust to an actual news content.