Aleksandr pushkin's the tales of belkin : formalist and structuralist readings and beyond the literary theories / Sang Hyun Kim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kim, Sang Hyun.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837. Povesti pokoĭnogo Ivana Petrovicha Belkina.

Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich.

Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837--Criticism and interpretation.

Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 191 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham ; Plymouth : University Press Of America, 2008.

Summary:

Sang Hyun Kim examines Aleksandr Pushkin's artistic intention in his masterpiece and most well-known prose work, The Tales of Belkin (1831). The author explores the trajectories of the puzzle Pushkin created in the Belkin cycle by identifying and elucidating autobiographical, folkloric, and thematic elements. Drawing on both formalist and structuralist approaches to a literary work, Kim's analysis demonstrates how the five tales in the Belkin cycle are interwoven structurally and thematically. Kim's interpretation should help future readers understand the enigmatic meaning of Pushkin's stories created in the Belkin cycle.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Literature Review 1

Chapter 2 Theoretical Grounds 11

Chapter 3 The Tales of Belkin 25

3.1 "The Shot" 25

3.2 "The Snowstorm" 45

3.3 "The Undertaker" 65

3.4 "The Stationmaster" 83

3.5 "Mistress into Maid" 107

Chapter 4 Synthetic Interpretation of The Tales of Belkin 125.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780761841296

0761841296

OCLC:

243545929