03524nam 2200649 a 450 991045338630332120200520144314.01-282-49314-097866124931400-7391-2998-8(CKB)1000000000539538(EBL)467107(OCoLC)250670054(SSID)ssj0000218488(PQKBManifestationID)12074240(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000218488(PQKBWorkID)10219804(PQKB)11178691(MiAaPQ)EBC467107(Au-PeEL)EBL467107(CaPaEBR)ebr10353393(CaONFJC)MIL249314(EXLCZ)99100000000053953820080414d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPassion, humiliation, revenge[electronic resource] hatred in man-woman relationships in the 19th and 20th century Russian novel /Rina LapidusLanham, MD Lexington Booksc20081 online resource (182 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-2747-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-166) and index.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.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 tRussian literature19th centuryHistory and criticismRussian literature20th centuryHistory and criticismMan-woman relationships in literatureSex in literatureRevenge in literatureElectronic books.Russian literatureHistory and criticism.Russian literatureHistory and criticism.Man-woman relationships in literature.Sex in literature.Revenge in literature.891.73/3093543Lapidus Rina850401MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453386303321Passion, humiliation, revenge1987086UNINA