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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... present and everyday life is experienced in its extreme manifestations of violence and sex . The work looks at the makers of history and the victims of history , although often there is no clear - cut distinction between the two . The ...
... present characters and events from differing viewpoints and not just Zhivago's or Lara's . At various points in the narrative he shows us Lara as seen by Komarovskii , and Strel'nikov's love for his wife and child and his desire to be ...
... present , a parody of modern Russian society . The whole novel offers a parody of Soviet society where literature and life become blurred , as do the distinction between author and hero , past and present . The image of the duel becomes ...
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Evgenii Zamiatin 18841937 We Mы | 7 |
Isaak Babel 18941940 Red Cavalry Kонармия | 24 |
Iurii Olesha 18991960 Envy 3аsucmь | 43 |
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