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Epic and the Russian novel [[electronic resource] ] : from Gogol to Pasternak / / Frederick T. Griffiths and Stanley J. Rabinowitz



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Autore: Griffiths Frederick T Visualizza persona
Titolo: Epic and the Russian novel [[electronic resource] ] : from Gogol to Pasternak / / Frederick T. Griffiths and Stanley J. Rabinowitz Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Boston : , : Academic Studies Press, , 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 pages)
Disciplina: 891.73/309
Soggetto topico: Russian fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
Russian fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Epic literature, Russian - History and criticism
Anthologies
Altri autori: RabinowitzStanley J  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-230) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- 1. Epic and Novel -- 2. Gogol in Rome -- 3. Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov -- 4. Tolstoy and Homer -- 5. Doctor Zhivago and the Tradition of National Epic -- 6. Stalin and the Death of Epic: Mikhail Bakhtin, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Boris Pasternak -- Works Cited -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Epic and the Russian Novel from Gogol to Pasternak examines the origin of the nineteen- century Russian novel and challenges the Lukács-Bakhtin theory of epic. By removing the Russian novel from its European context, the authors reveal that it developed as a means of reconnecting the narrative form with its origins in classical and Christian epic in a way that expressed the Russian desire to renew and restore ancient spirituality. Through this methodology, Griffiths and Rabinowitz dispute Bakhtin's classification of epic as a monophonic and dead genre whose time has passed. Due to its grand themes and cultural centrality, the epic is the form most suited to newcomers or cultural outsiders seeking legitimacy through appropriation of the past. Through readings of Gogol's Dead Souls-a uniquely problematic work, and one which Bakhtin argued was novelistic rather than epic-Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov, Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago, and Tolstoy's War and Peace, this book redefines "epic" and how we understand the sweep of Russian literature as a whole.
Titolo autorizzato: Epic and the Russian novel  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-61811-682-7
1-61811-127-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910251406503321
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Serie: Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and history.