Authors

Kirsten Tarves¹;  ¹ University of Toronto, Canada

Discussion

It is generally agreed that Sorokin’s texts are designed to deconstruct cultural and literary frameworks. In this presentation, I suggest that this deconstructive approach, instead of being one of playfulness, is theological in orientation. Sorokin has declared his novels are always concerned with the question of salvation, and I argue that associated messiah figures feature prominently in his work. I focus on Sorokin’s novel Roman (written 1985-1989) and the Ice trilogy (2002-2005), analyzing Sorokin’s depictions of the body and the messiah figure as disruptive theological frameworks attached to the larger question of salvation.