Passion, humiliation, revenge [[electronic resource] ] : hatred in man-woman relationships in the 19th and 20th century Russian novel / / Rina Lapidus

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782105003321
• Autore: Lapidus Rina
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2008
• ISBN: 1-282-49314-0; 9786612493140; 0-7391-2998-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (182 p.)
• Disciplina: 891.73/3093543
• Soggetti: Russian literature - 19th century - History and criticism; Russian literature - 20th century - History and criticism; Man-woman relationships in literature; Sex in literature; Revenge in literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-166) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The evolution of attitudes towards female characters in Russian literature : an historical overview -- Spiritual and physical murder between man and woman : Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov -- Woman as sexual predator in Russian literary tradition : Tolstoy, Zoschenko and Trifonov -- Woman's infidelity as the cause for man's devastation : Tolstoy, Flaubert, Leskov, Turgenev, Kuprin, and Chekhov -- Anxiety about the strong woman : Turgenev, Leskov, and Bulgakov -- Surrogate for man-woman relations in post-war Soviet literature : Vasilyiev, Grossman, and Rasputin -- The eunuch as hero in late-Soviet and Perestroika literature : Dovlatov, Nagibin, and Polyakov -- Man as an object in literature by women : Shcherbakova, Rubina, Ulitskaya, Petrushevskaya, and Grekova -- Conclusion : sex as an animal act beyond comprehension.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book reveals the phenomenon in Russian prose in which a male protagonist finds himself perpetuating a cycle of passion, humiliation, and revenge within his relationships with women. By examining the ; mental and emotional state of the male protagonistwho finds himself in a sexual situation, Rina Lapidus explores how his passion for a woman leads the man into an encounter that causes him humiliation and ends up eliciting a powerful desire on his part to punish the woman who initially arouses his eroticfeeling. The male protagonist directs his fury at the woman, seeking vengeance because of t