Language and culture in eighteenth-century Russia / Victor Zhivov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhivov, V. M.

Contributor:

Levitt, Marcus.

National Endowment for the Humanities and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program, Funder.

Series:

Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and history.

Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and history

Standardized Title:

I͡Azyk i kulʹtura v Rossii XVIII veka. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russian language--History.

Russian language.

Russian language--Style.

Language and culture--Russia--History--18th century.

Language and culture.

Russia--Civilization--18th century.

Russia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (524 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2009.

Academic Studies Press, [2017]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Victor Zhivov's Language and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Russia is one of the most important studies ever published on eighteenth-century Russia. Historians and students of Russian culture agree that the creation of a Russian literary language was key to the formation of a modern secular culture, and this title traces the growth of a vernacular language from the "hybrid Slavonic" of the late seventeenth century through the debates between "archaists and innovators" of the early nineteenth century. Zhivov's study is an essential work on the genesis of modern Russian culture; the aim of this translation is to make it available to historians and students of the field.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Translator's Introduction

Preface to the English Edition

Contents

Introduction. Problems in the Prehistory of the New Type of Russian Literary Language

1. The Literary Language of the New Type as an Object of Social and Cultural History

2. The Functional Reconceptualization of Genetically Heterogeneous Elements in the History of Russian Writing

3. The Main Registers of the Bookish Language and the Processes of Their Formation

4. The Reconceptualization of the Varieties of the Bookish Language

5. Linguistic "Simplicity" and the Means of its Realization

6. The Secularization of Culture, Its Specifics in Russia, and Its Significance for Rethinking Linguistic Usage

Chapter 1. The Petrine Language Reform; The Linguistic and Cultural Situation of the Petrine Era

1. Tasks of the Language Reform and the Nature of its Realization

2. Language Policy and the Conflict of Cultures

Chapter 2. The Start of Normalization of the New Literary Language; The Formulation of Linguistic Theories and Literary Practice

1. The Formation of Petersburg Culture and the New Conception of the Literary Language

2. The Conflict Between Linguistic Theory and Actual Practice; The Concept of a Poetic Language

Chapter 3. The Changed Conception of the Literary Language; The "Slavenorossiiskii Language" and the Synthesis of Cultural and Linguistic Traditions

1. The New Nature of the Russian Literary Language and the Emergence of Slavonicizing Purism

2. Rationalist Purism and the Richness of the Slavenorossiiskii Language

3. The Synthesis of Cultural and Linguistic Traditions: The Slavenorossiiskii Language and Its Functioning

Chapter 4. The New Cultural Differentiation; Linguistic Purity as an Ideological Category

1. The Emancipation of Culture and the Polemic Between Archaists and Innovators

2. Slavonicizing Purism and Its Reconceptualization in Religious Literature

Abbrevations

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781618116734

1618116738

9781618111302

1618111302

OCLC:

1135591501

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access