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The Poetics of Early Russian Literature
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2014
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This translation of Likhachev’s Poetika Drevnerusskoy Literatury (The Poetics of Early Russian Literature), provides a description of the basic themes of early (tenth to seventeenth century) Russian literature. Likhachev compares literary narrative with narrative used in the representational arts. Furthermore, Likhachev stresses the genre-based character of medieval Russian literature and shows how choice of style in medieval times depended on a genre with its own specific etiquette and how innovation was discouraged.
The text contrasts medieval abstraction and modern realism, as Likhachev shows how realisticness gradually breaks through in specific situations—such as those of princely crimes. Likhachev draws contrasts in three different areas: the basic stock of symbols and comparisons used in early Russian literature with those used in modern literature, artistic time in folklore and early Russian literature, and artistic space in folklore and early Russian literature. Likhachev traces the gradual development into modern artistic time through a comparison of the chronicle, the first Russian play, the seventeenth century writer Avvakum, and three modern authors, Goncharov, Dostoevsky and Saltykov-Shchedrin. Finally, the text gives a justification for studying early literatures. This book will be invaluable for students of Russian, medieval and comparative literature.
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2014
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-8642-8
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-8643-5
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
363
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Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction to D. S. Likhachev’s Poetics of Early Russian Literature No access Pages 1 - 16
Introduction No access Pages 17 - 32
1 The Poetics of Literature as a System of the Whole No access Pages 33 - 86
2 The Poetics of Artistic Generalization No access Pages 87 - 162
3 The Poetics of Literary Methods No access Pages 163 - 208
4 The Poetics of Artistic Time No access Pages 209 - 326
5 The Poetics of Artistic Space No access Pages 327 - 344
