The author is a hero. Bulgakov, Pasternak and Nabokov"s personality and tradition
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Justin Vir considers complex relationships between the author’s self -reflection and the literary tradition in the three most famous Russian novels of the first half of the twentieth century: "Master and Margarita" Mikhail Bulgakov, "Dr. Zhivago" Boris Pasternak and "Dar" Vladimir Nabokov.
The original reading of these novels reveals a significant shift that occurred in the Russian tradition of the psychological prose of the 20th century. According to Vir, all three novelists in their own way answer a double crisis that characterizes their time: the general modernist destabilization of identity and alienation from the literary tradition that happened after the 1917 revolution.
Using various literary techniques of self -reflection (for example, Mise En Abyme), these authors again include a literary tradition in their works, thus creating a special view of a person.
The hero in these novels is not the result of a continuous development process and not a direct consequence of the individual’s attitude to larger historical events. Rather, the hero is determined in the act of writing, so each hero is also a kind of author.
As a result, a new type of novel appears, which focuses on the personality of the artist revealing in the process of writing.
Thanks to the innovative interpretation of these novels and convincing historical, cultural and theoretical insights", the author as a hero offers a new look at an important moment in the evolution of Russian literature
About the author
Justin McCabe Vir is a professor at the Faculty of Slavic languages and literature, professor of the faculty of comparative literary criticism, as well as an employee of the Faculty of Arts, cinematography and visual research of Harvard University. The degree of bachelor in the specialty of the Slavic languages and literature "Vir received the Minnesota University in 1991, and the degree of master and doctor in the specialty of Slavic languages and literature in the North-West University, in 1993 and 2007, respectively.
Research and teaching of the Vira are concentrated primarily on the genre of the novel, literary theory and theory of cinema
The original reading of these novels reveals a significant shift that occurred in the Russian tradition of the psychological prose of the 20th century. According to Vir, all three novelists in their own way answer a double crisis that characterizes their time: the general modernist destabilization of identity and alienation from the literary tradition that happened after the 1917 revolution.
Using various literary techniques of self -reflection (for example, Mise En Abyme), these authors again include a literary tradition in their works, thus creating a special view of a person.
The hero in these novels is not the result of a continuous development process and not a direct consequence of the individual’s attitude to larger historical events. Rather, the hero is determined in the act of writing, so each hero is also a kind of author.
As a result, a new type of novel appears, which focuses on the personality of the artist revealing in the process of writing.
Thanks to the innovative interpretation of these novels and convincing historical, cultural and theoretical insights", the author as a hero offers a new look at an important moment in the evolution of Russian literature
About the author
Justin McCabe Vir is a professor at the Faculty of Slavic languages and literature, professor of the faculty of comparative literary criticism, as well as an employee of the Faculty of Arts, cinematography and visual research of Harvard University. The degree of bachelor in the specialty of the Slavic languages and literature "Vir received the Minnesota University in 1991, and the degree of master and doctor in the specialty of Slavic languages and literature in the North-West University, in 1993 and 2007, respectively.
Research and teaching of the Vira are concentrated primarily on the genre of the novel, literary theory and theory of cinema
Author:
Author:Вир Джастин
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Arts & Photography
- Category:Politics & Social Science
- Category:Reference books
- Category:Social Science & Politics
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:18+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-907532-30-4
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