Hypertext chronotope and online carnival in I/e_ rus. Olim
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21726504 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nuan Li (0009-0002-8364-9712, Wuhan University), Dong Zhang (0000-0003-3786-2272, Wuhan University, corresponding author), Yue Qu (0000-0002-1912-4623, Zhejiang Normal University) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-23 |
| Publication date | 2026-06-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle Eastern Literatures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-262X • E-ISSN: 1475-2638 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1475262x.2026.2693051 |
| OpenAlex | W7165909236 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
The online novel I/e_ rus. Olim by Israeli-Russian writers Mikhailichenko and Nesis represents media transformation since the 1990s. The novel creates an atmosphere of internet carnivalesque which serves both as a literary response to historical events-including the collapse of the Soviet Union and the mass Jewish emigration from the former USSR to Israel, and notably excluding the politics of Israel and Palestine-and a transcendence of both mainstream Israeli discourse and the Russian intellectual tradition. Using collective online writing, hypertext chronotope, and virtual reality, it reconstructs Jerusalem, turning political reality into a myth-deconstructing role-playing game. Employing Bakhtin's theory of the carnivalesque, this paper analyzes how online carnival subverts Israel's “center-periphery” order and reshapes cultural identity into a fluid “hypercultural” state, and in so doing offers an analytical path beyond binary oppositions for understanding diasporic identity in the age of internet media
Chronotope · Hypertext · Interactivity · Digital Games and Media · Digital Humanities and Scholarship · Usability and User Interface Design
| Highly cited | No |
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