The Rise of the Russian Novel: Carnival, Stylization, and Mockery of the West (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies) Hardcover – 1 February 1998

Placing the genesis of the Russian tradition of novel writing in the l8th century, the author analyzes the prose fiction of the three most prominent writers of the time: Emin, Chulkov, and Komarov. He traces the imitative roots of the early Russian novel and then shows how influence of a native-inspired, carnivalized subculture subverted the conventions of foreign literature and established an independent course in Russia. He then links the first Russian novelists to the work of the young Dostoevsky and the development of prose fiction in the l840's. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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