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Marginal voices : = Sergei Dovlatov and his characters in the context of the Leningrad literature of the 1960s and 70s.

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Reminder of title:	Sergei Dovlatov and his characters in the context of the Leningrad literature of the 1960s and 70s.
Author:	Pakhomova, Natalia.
Description:	1 online resource (178 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 65-04, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International65-04A.
Subject:	Slavic literature. -
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ISBN:	9780612787490

Marginal voices : = Sergei Dovlatov and his characters in the context of the Leningrad literature of the 1960s and 70s.
Pakhomova, Natalia.

Marginal voices :Sergei Dovlatov and his characters in the context of the Leningrad literature of the 1960s and 70s. - 1 online resource (178 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 65-04, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University (Canada), 2002.

Includes bibliographical references

In spite of the growing interest of Russian and Western scholars in Sergei Dovlatov and his art, his place in Russian literature has not yet been clearly defined. His position as a writer in Russia in the 1960s and early 70s was ambiguous due to his opposition to the traditional Soviet canon and rejection by the current literary establishment. However, he later gained recognition and popularity as an emigre writer in the United States. The concept of 'marginality' colours his biography and art, for his life itself was a succession of marginal experiences and marginality is the key topic of his writings. Marginality unifies Dovlatov's art. This is evident in his marginal status as a writer in and outside the Soviet Union, and in his writing which uses the underappreciated short form of narration (the novella and short story), develops a non-traditional conversational style, pursues the themes of non-conventional behaviour and introduces eccentric characters. However, it is not possible to discuss Dovlatov's status as a marginal writer without contextualizing his life and art in the ambience of the entire generation of Leningrad writers of the sixties. Writers and poets such as Brodskii, Goliavkin, Gubin, Vakhtin and Ufliand do not only represent the culture of Leningrad's artistic non-conformists, they are also Dovlatov's prototypes and protagonists. Apart from their marginal status, all these writers shared the determination to make independent choices in life and in art. They refused to be viewed as marginal authors by the dominant canon, which disregarded their works as insignificant. Here as well marginality emerges as a literary concept and a behavioural model, shaped by societal norms (the positive type of citizen or official Soviet writer) and traditional canons (the Russian didactic tradition or Soviet ideological writing). This literary concept includes an orientation towards American literature, the creation of marginal characters and themes as well as an exploration of different styles. The works of writers of the Leningrad circle laid the foundation for the emergence of a literary phenomenon such as Dovlatov. It is in delineating this context that this dissertation demonstrates Dovlatov's original approach to marginality, as well as the way he turned his life experience into literature and became a spokesman for neglected fellow writers and citizens.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2024

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780612787490Subjects--Topical Terms:

1179263
Slavic literature.
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