Lidia Zinovieva­Annibal, être femme et écrivain à l’époque de l’Âge d’argent en Russie

Abstract

During “ the Silver Age ” of Russian Literature , Lidia Zinovieva­Annibal succeeded in asserting herself as both a writer and a woman . A notable achievement , given that during this period , well known for its extraordinary creativity , women ’ s writtings were considered second rate , and categorized as “ woman ’ s literature ”. As a driving force of literary modernism , symbolist writers (predominantly male ) made it even more difficult with a pervasive discourse on the Feminine , which they placed at the center of artistic creation as a mystical material and not as a creative subject . Zinovieva­Annibal found her own strategies to be acknowledged as a writer . Unlike her contemporary well­known author Zinaïda Gippius , who adopted masculine masks , Zinovieva­Annibal embraced an original mixture of allegiance and subversion . She played the role of muse to her husband , a prominent leader of the symbolist movement , while at the same time publishing daring works that parodied Symbolist ideology , or explored new topics , creating original writings and narrative structures.