The Bildungsroman Dunce

The character Putin and Russia portray in Russian Disinfolklore does not evolve, as in, say, a bildungsroman — a tale in which the dunce goes forth on heaps of episodic adventures before coming into a state of at least a modicum of wisdom. Instead of this kind of character development, in Russian Disinfolklore, we have a stubborn commitment to trying the same failed strategy again and again… Like a folkloric dunce or Parzival in the first Grail tale, Putin sets off each morning with no lessons learned from the previous day’s failures…

Source: Twitter Note (2023)

The Bildungsroman Dunce archetype is critical: unlike fairy-tale heroes who learn and grow, Duncey Putin repeats the same failed strategies — invasion, escalation, provocation — expecting different results. This is not stupidity; it is the archetypal logic of Disinfolklore itself.

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