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Kelly, Catriona

Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction

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This book is intended to capture the interest of anyone who has been attracted to Russian culture through the greats of Russian literature, either through the texts themselves, or encountering them in the cinema, or opera. Rather than a conventional chronology of Russian literature, the book will explore the place and importance of literature of all sorts in Russian culture. How and when did a Russian national literature come into being? What shaped its creation? How have the Russians regarded their literary language? The book will uses the figure of Pushkin, 'the Russian Shakespeare' as a recurring example as his work influenced every Russian writer who came after hime, whether poets or novelists. It will look at such questions as why Russian writers are venerated, how they've been interpreted inside Russia and beyond, and the influences of such things as the folk tale tradition, orthodox religion, and the West.

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Keywords: Russian literature, history, Russian culture

Author(s)
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication year
2001
Language
en
Edition
1
Page amount
184 pages
Categories
Litterary Studies
 
Novels
Format
Ebook
eISBN (PDF)
0-19-280144-9

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