The birth and death of literary theory : regimes of relevance in Russia and beyond /

A comprehensive account of all major trends in Russian interwar literary theory and its wider impact in our post-deconstruction and world literature era, this book attempts to answer two fundamental questions: What does it mean to think about literature theoretically, and what happens to literary th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tihanov, Galin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Criticism > Russia (Federation) > History > 20th century.
Literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Formalism (Literary analysis) > Influence.
Critique > Russie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Littérature > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
Formalisme (Littérature) > Influence.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
Criticism.
Literature > Theory, etc.
Russia (Federation)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : what this book is and is not about
  • Introduction : the radical historicity of literary theory
  • Russian Formalism : entanglements at birth and later reverberations
  • A skeptic at the cradle of theory : Gustav Shpet's reflections on literature
  • Toward a philosophy of culture : Bakhtin beyond literary theory
  • The boundaries of modernity : semantic paleontology and its subterranean impact
  • Interwar exiles : regimes of relevance in émigré criticism and theory
  • Epilogue : a fast forward to "world literature."

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