Download or read book The Problem of Genre and the Quest for Justice in Chekhov s The Island of Sakhalin written by Juras T. Ryfa and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study presents a detailed account of Chekhov's trip to Sakhalin, draws together scarce secondary material concerning the book, and offers insights into the problematic aspects of genre in light of modern critical and theoretical developments. Meanwhile, following Chekhov's remarkable story, the author connects the past to the present in a variety of spheres, including Russian's attitudes towards governance and the continuing geopolitical sensitivity of Sakhalin and the Kuirl Islands.
Download or read book Chekhov s Sakhalin Journey written by Jonathan Cole and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chekhov often said that 'I am a doctor by trade and sometimes I do literary work in my free time', a surprising claim, given his status as a giant of 20th century drama. This literary-biographical study uncovers new sides to him, as both a medical professional and humanitarian, and tells the story of Chekhov's trip to Sakhalin Island in the harsh wastes of Siberia. Anton Chekhov practiced medicine for most of his life and engaged in humanitarian work which took him away from writing for months. He placed one such trip though, across the unforgiving terrain of Siberia to write about the penal island of Sakhalin, above all others. Chekhov's Sakhalin Journey, written by a neuroscientist and practicing clinician, uses this trip and Chekhov's own account of it to shed light on hitherto overlooked aspects of his life. In doing so, it shows that to understand the man we need his medicine as well as his literature, and we need to assess his life from his perspective as well as ours.
Download or read book The Anthropologist as Writer written by Helena Wulff and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing is crucial to anthropology, but which genres are anthropologists expected to master in the 21st century? This book explores how anthropological writing shapes the intellectual content of the discipline and academic careers. First, chapters identify the different writing genres and contexts anthropologists actually engage with. Second, this book argues for the usefulness and necessity of taking seriously the idea of writing as a craft and of writing across and within genres in new ways. Although academic writing is an anthropologist’s primary genre, they also write in many others, from drafting administrative texts and filing reports to composing ethnographically inspired journalism and fiction.
Download or read book Interpreting Chekhov s Prose written by Leonard A. Polakiewicz and published by Academic Studies PRess. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays collected in this book constitute a new contribution to our understanding of the originality and significance of Chekhov’s prose. A close textual analysis of his work is provided, and especially of previously neglected works—some long overdue for in-depth investigation—that Chekhov himself rightfully considered to be masterpieces. Analysis of both these and other previously analyzed works offers a new interpretation which contrasts with those offered by previous Chekhov scholars. Works examined include those dealing with Chekhov’s astonishingly accurate and artistic portrayal of a wide variety of illnesses—without the use of any medical terms. These works are shown to be not mere “clinical studies,” but genuine, impressive works of art. The author, who suffered half of his life from tuberculosis, effectively portrayed many characters afflicted with this disease which was incurable at the time. Many of these works reveal an indisputable symbiosis of the doctor and the artist. Chekhov maintained that “in Goethe the poet lived amicably side by side with the scientist”—a fitting description of him as well. Doctors, the most frequently portrayed characters in Chekhov’s oeuvre are appropriately subjected to extensive analysis, as are the themes of fate and death and dying that figure so prominently in Chekhov’s work. Attention is accorded to imaginative fictional works dealing with philosophy and the theme of crime and punishment, as well as The Island of Sakhalin, a narrative of non-fictional sociological content.
Download or read book Alive in the Writing written by Kirin Narayan and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anton Chekhov is revered as a boldly innovative playwright and short story writer - but he wrote more than just plays and stories. In this book, the author introduces readers to some other sides of Chekhov.
Download or read book N K Mikhailovsky s Criticism of Dostoevsky written by Marina Kanevskaya and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study analyzes why Mikhailovsky - a leading Russian socialist philosopher and literary critic of the mid-19th century - expressed the most insightful, proto-Bakhtinian views on Dostoevsky's writings. It examines the social and cultural context, specifically in the political climate of Mikhailovsky's journal Otechestvennye Zapiski, the most popular magazine of its time. Russian socialist and populist literary criticism remains terra incognita outside Russia, and stereotypical perceptions of it as obtuse, boring, and appropriated by socialist realism has prevented scholars from focusing on the literary and ideological values of it. However, the roots of modern Russian thought and self-identity took their shape under the direct influence of such social thinkers as Mikhailovsky. Examining the proto-Bakhtinian traits of Mikhailovsky's criticism of Dostoevsky shows the cultural and historical pretext of Bakhtin's discoveries.
Download or read book Chekhov the Immigrant written by Michael C. Finke and published by Slavica Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Comprising the proceedings of a 2004 NEH-funded symposium marking the hundredth anniversary of Chekhov's death, Chekhov the Immigrant takes a multi-disciplinary approach to Chekhov's impact on American culture with: articles by literary scholars, contemporary authors of fiction and criticism, theater directors, and translators; transcripts of forums on translating Chekhov and Chekhov and medicine; and a DVD recording of a conversation about Chekhov with the eminent American physician and author Robert Coles"--Publisher's summary.
Download or read book A Bibliography of Anton Chekhov in English written by Lauren G. Leighton and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is not possible to provide a comprehensive selection of an estimated 350,000 reviews of Chekhov plays, 1994-2003, but an attempt has been made to provide a representative sampling of reviews in major newspapers and current periodicals. Citations throughout this Bibliography are full and unabbreviated, the intent being to provide access to each work in every appropriate category without complicating the search process with confusing cross-listings. Entries for collections are accompanied by listings of contents in the order given in tables of contents or alphabetically. Entries for collections provide a base for subsequent listings of individual major works for addition of subsequent editions, reprints, and re-publications. Translations of plays are categorized by their most commonly known English titles and cited within categories by the English title given for a particular translation.
Download or read book Essays in Poetics written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Biographical and Critical Study of Russian Writer Eduard Limonov written by A. B. Rogachevskiĭ and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive analysis of Eduard Limonov's poetry, fiction and journalism. It seeks to distinguish between Limonov the author and Limonov the character in order to pinpoint Limonov's true beliefs, as opposed to his public statements, which are often meant to cause outrage.
Download or read book Book Review Index written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.
Download or read book Collected Essays in Honor of the Bicentennial of Alexander Pushkin s Birth written by Juras T. Ryfa and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection involved the participation of both Russian and American scholars as a joint cultural event.
Download or read book Current Contents written by Institute for Scientific Information (Philadelphia) and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 1498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Soviet and Post Soviet Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Master and the Devil written by Andrzej Drawicz and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perestroika finally brought to public light the work of Bulgakov (1891-1940). In his 1990 study in Polish (evolving over some 20 years), Drawicz (1932-97), a leading Polish authority on Russian literature and affairs, treats Bulgakov's life and essays on such topics as how "Russian literature has g̀one to the Devil' many times" (including his own Lesser Devil), satire, comedy and compromise, and normality. The book includes a glossary of Russian terms, events, and personalities not fully explained in Drawicz's text. It lacks a subject index. Windle (classical and modern European languages, Australian National U., Canberra) has translated and published on Slavic literature. c. Book News Inc.
Download or read book Canadian American Slavic Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quarterly journal devoted to Russia and East Europe.
