Epic and the Russian Novel from Gogol to Pasternak

"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...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Griffiths, Frederick T., Rabinowitz, Stanley J.
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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”.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-385902025-07-31T16:58:08Z Epic and the Russian Novel from Gogol to Pasternak Griffiths, Frederick T. Rabinowitz, Stanley J. Arts Literary Criticism Dante Alighieri Dead Souls Fyodor Dostoevsky Homer Leo Tolstoy Mikhail Bakhtin Nikolai Gogol Rome Russia Virgil "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”. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2018-01-06 23:55 2017-12-01 23:55:55 2020-03-27 03:00:26 2020-04-01T13:18:01Z 2011-04-01 book 641422 OCN: 785776753 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30919 9781618116826;9781618119223 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/38590 eng Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures, and History open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30919/1/641422.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30919/1/641422.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30919/1/641422.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30919/1/641422.pdf Academic Studies Press 10.2307/j.ctt1zxshz3 10.2307/j.ctt1zxshz3 916d7e2c-12bc-4e24-952a-3523fb7b82a0 Knowledge Unlatched b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781618116826;9781618119223 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Open Services Boston, MA 101808 KU Open Services open access
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Literary Criticism
Dante Alighieri
Dead Souls
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Homer
Leo Tolstoy
Mikhail Bakhtin
Nikolai Gogol
Rome
Russia
Virgil
Griffiths, Frederick T.
Rabinowitz, Stanley J.
Epic and the Russian Novel from Gogol to Pasternak
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topic Arts
Literary Criticism
Dante Alighieri
Dead Souls
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Homer
Leo Tolstoy
Mikhail Bakhtin
Nikolai Gogol
Rome
Russia
Virgil
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Literary Criticism
Dante Alighieri
Dead Souls
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Homer
Leo Tolstoy
Mikhail Bakhtin
Nikolai Gogol
Rome
Russia
Virgil
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