Sasha Sokolov: The Life and Work of the Russian “Proet” / Martina Napolitano, Reinhard Ibler

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Napolitano, Martina, Author.

Contributor:

Ibler, Reinhard, Editor.

Series:

Literatur und Kultur im mittleren und östlichen Europa ; Volume 22.

Literatur und Kultur im mittleren und östlichen Europa 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Novels.

Russian Literature.

Russian Poetics.

Russische Dichtung.

Russische Literatur.

Sasha Sokolov.

Local Subjects:

Novels.

Russian Literature.

Russian Poetics.

Russische Dichtung.

Russische Literatur.

Sasha Sokolov.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hannover ibidem 2022

Biography/History:

Martina Napolitano obtained her PhD in Linguistics and Literary Studies - Slavic Studies at University of Udine, Italy. Her research interests lie primarily in Russian literature of the second half of the 20th century and contemporary Russian poetry, samizdat and tamizdat phenomena, and the connection between poetry and music.

Summary:

Martina Napolitano explores the poetics of one of the most significant Russian authors of the 20th century. Sasha Sokolov’s oeuvre represents a milestone in the development of Russian literature; his legacy can be traced in most prose and poetry appearing in post-Soviet Russia. Taking as point of departure the studies and analyses written so far and considering the new suggestions contained in Sokolov’s last published book Triptych (2011), Napolitano further examines the keystones and the theoretical framework that arise from a close reading of Sokolov’s works, trying to systematize the findings into what can be considered as a structured authorial theory of literary creation. The study demonstrates how Sokolov’s oeuvre cannot be fully understood but within the widened perspective of inter-artistic creation: in fact, the writer, a “failed composer”, as he admits, in his literary work has tried to draw natural and spontaneous connecting lines between the artificially categorized realms of art (word, sound, painting, performance). Finally, the book sets forth the first solid analysis of Sokolov’s concept of proeziia, not merely a genre nor style of his own invention, but a more significant theoretical reflection of the writer about the role and value of literature, art, creation, and finally beauty.

Contents:

Intro

Introduction

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Masquerade, or "Maintain your reputation!"

The son of the nomenklatura

An asocial profile in the Moscow underground scene

Fleeing the city

Getting ready to leave

A stopover in Vienna

A North-American nomad

Sasha Sokolov, the lecturer

Soviet Union, toccata and fugue

"An eternal student of the globetrotting department"

Chapter 2. On Early Trains, or Beyond Sasha Sokolov's Twilight Cosmos

Emotional proximity

Classification difficulty

Close reading attempts

Sasha Sokolov's baroqueness

Chapter 3. Pictures from an Exhibition

A language to compose texts

A sound architecture

Triptych's music

Voices on stage

Triptych's "theatre of pure reason"

Chapter 4. Theory and Play of Proeziia

A long proetic tradition

A choice of awareness

A baroque macro-genre

In Lieu of a Conclusion

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-8382-7619-1

OCLC:

1281969952

Publisher Number:

9783838276199