Frederick T Griffiths

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Epic and the Russian Novel from Gogol to PasternakHardcover, 1 April 2011

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Part of Series
Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures, and His
Print Length
240 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Date Published
1 Apr 2011
ISBN-10
1936235536
ISBN-13
9781936235537

Description

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.

Product Details

Authors:
Frederick T GriffithsStanley J Rabinowitz
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 April 2011
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 1.42 cm
ISBN-10:
1936235536
ISBN-13:
9781936235537
Language:
English
Location:
Boston, MA
Pages:
240
Weight:
498.95 gm

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