Книга "Русская литература" представляет собой всестороннюю и концептуально сложную историю русской литературы, включающую в себя прозу, поэзию и драматургию. Для большинства англоязычных читателей русская литература сводится к небольшому числу известных писателей XIX века, таких как Достоевский, Толстой и Тургенев, или к нескольким хорошо известным произведениям - пьесам Чехова, стихотворениям Бродского, а также "Мастеру и Маргарите" и "Доктору Живаго" из XX века. Средневековый период, а также блестящая традиция русской лирической поэзии XVIII века и до наших дней, почти полностью являются "terra incognita", как и сложные прозовые эксперименты Н. Гоголя, Н. Лескова, А. Белого и А. Платонова. Кроме того, те писатели, которые оказали влияние, обычно известны за пределами контекстов, в которых они писали и где их работа была принята. Авторы книги, Андрей Барух Вактель и Илья Виницкий, предоставляют вводную статью, затрагивающую высокие точки развития каждого периода, а затем сосредотачиваются на одной биографии, одном литературном или культурном событии и одном литературном произведении, которые служат призмами, сквозь которые можно увидеть основные очертания развития данного периода. Хотя фокус сосредоточен на литературе, отдельные произведения, жизни и события также размещаются в широком историческом контексте, а также в рамках параллельных развитий русского искусства и музыки.
For most English-speaking people, Russian literature is made up of just a handful of individuals - traditional 19th-century names such as Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy -or a couple well-known books - Chekhov plays, poems by Brodsky, along with maybe Master and Margarata and Doctor Zhivago, and novelists from the 20th century. Medieval times, plus the brilliant traditions of Russian lyrical poetry stretching back to the 18th century, actuality lie almost entirely off limits. Books that include far ranging prose experiments from Nikolai Gogh, Nikolai Leshkov, Andrey Bely and Andrey Platonov are also largely forgotten. Additionally, famous writers are hardly ever understood within the context in which they created and were received. Within this refreshing book, Andrew Barry Wachtel and Ilia Vinitsky offer a comprehensive and intellectually daring history of Russian literature encompassing prose, poetry, and drama, Each of the fifteen chapters spans a restricted time period, ranging from Medieval Russia up to today. On several occasions, the chapters cover the same time frame, giving readers an opportunity to see the same period through multiple lenses. Telling the story for every epoch, the authors begin with an apt introduction discussing the key aspects of its creation, after that focusing on just one author, literary event, or achievement, which function as lenses through which significant traits of a particular allotted period can be observed. Despite the emphasis on writing, concrete pieces, casualties, and moments are inextricably linked to general historical context really learning period and related occurrences taking place within Russian arts and tune.
For most English speakers, Russian literature is made up of a handful of individuals - Pushkin, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy - and a few major works like Chekhov and Pasternak. However, the medieval period and the rich tradition of verse from the 18th century are unknown, as is the strangely compelling prose of Gogol and Bely. Writers usually become known by their most famous work, not by what they wrote before it. Yet books like Vladimir Nabokov's Speak, Memorabilia and his short works show us sides of literature we did not know existed. This excerpt offers an entertaining history of both the full breadth and fragments of expectations.
Электронная Книга «Russian Literature» написана автором Ilya Vinitsky в году.
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Язык: Английский
ISBN: 9780745673509
Описание книги от Ilya Vinitsky
For most English-speaking readers, Russian literature consists of a small number of individual writers – nineteenth-century masters such as Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Turgenev – or a few well-known works – Chekhov's plays, Brodsky's poems, and perhaps Master and Margarita and Doctor Zhivago from the twentieth century. The medieval period, as well as the brilliant tradition of Russian lyric poetry from the eighteenth century to the present, are almost completely terra incognita, as are the complex prose experiments of Nikolai Gogol, Nikolai Leskov, Andrei Belyi, and Andrei Platonov. Furthermore, those writers who have made an impact are generally known outside of the contexts in which they wrote and in which their work has been received. In this engaging book, Andrew Baruch Wachtel and Ilya Vinitsky provide a comprehensive, conceptually challenging history of Russian literature, including prose, poetry and drama. Each of the ten chapters deals with a bounded time period from medieval Russia to the present. In a number of cases, chapters overlap chronologically, thereby allowing a given period to be seen in more than one context. To tell the story of each period, the authors provide an introductory essay touching on the highpoints of its development and then concentrate on one biography, one literary or cultural event, and one literary work, which serve as prisms through which the main outlines of a given period?s development can be discerned. Although the focus is on literature, individual works, lives and events are placed in broad historical context as well as in the framework of parallel developments in Russian art and music.
