The Twentieth-century Russian Novel: An IntroductionBerg, 1996 - 179 pagina's Eight of Russia's most popular and significant novels are presented in this important new guide for students. Works include: - "We" by Evgenii Zamiatin - "Red Cavalry" by Isaak Babel - "Envy" by Iurii Olesha - "How the Steel Was Tempered" by Nikolai Ostrovskii - "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov - "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak - "Cancer Ward" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn - "Pushkin House" by Andrei Bitov In each chapter, David Gillespie examines one novel in detail and explores the career of the author and the critical reception of the work. Throughout, considerable reference is made to recently published scholarship and archival materials to provide students and scholars of Russian and Comparative Literature with a guide to these important Russian authors and their place in the world of literature. The book also includes an extensive bibliography of secondary literature and contains textual references in both the original Russian and in English translation. |
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... society run on mathematical principles where man's reason and logic are dominant . God is dead , and everyone , on pain of death , must conform in every way to the norms and rules of this society , the Single State . But the relentless ...
... society shattered by the Two Hundred Years War . This war ' between the town and the country ' left only 0.2 % of the earth's population alive . Individuals are now referred to as ' numbers ' , and the Single State is run on the lines ...
... society no longer needed to develop because it had now reached its highest stage.12 There is also an element of criticism of the ' freedom fighters ' , the MEFIS , for they too see their ideas as leading to the perfect society . Their ...
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Preface | 1 |
Evgenii Zamiatin 18841937 We Mb | 7 |
Isaak Babel 18941940 Red Cavalry Koнармия | 24 |
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