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DOMINATION DISCOURSE: ON THE 'ASYMMETRICAL' RELATIONS BETWEEN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA (Dyskurs dominacji: z problematyki 'asymetrycznych' stosunków ukrainsko-rosyjskich)
The paper addresses the problem of Russian-Ukrainian asymmetric relations as revealed in a struggle of two discourses - the discourse of imperial dominance and the discourse of national/nationalistic resistance and liberation. Critical discourse analysis is applied to deconstruct the imperial discourse as a major obstacle for the normalization of Russian-Ukrainian relations and, by and large, of Russia itself. Postcoloniality is suggested as a desirable condition for both Russian and Ukrainian cultures to achieve an internal freedom and eradicate colonial stereotypes and anti-colonial mobilization respectively .
Pracownia Komparatystyki Literackiej, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, Poznan; www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~comparis; and Wydawnictwo-Drukarnia 'Bonami', ul. Warszawska 25, 61-113 Poznan; bonami@o2.pl