French and Russian in Imperial Russia. Volume 1, Language use among the Russian elite / edited by Derek Offord [and three others] ; contributor, Gesine Argent [and fourteen others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Offord, Derek, editor.

Argent, Gesine, contributor.

Series:

Russian language and society.

Russian Language and Society Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French language--Russia--18th century.

French language.

French language--Russia--19th century.

Elite (Social sciences)--Russia--Language.

Elite (Social sciences).

Russia--History--1613-1917.

Russia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 270 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, [Scotland] : Edinburgh University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first volume of a two volume set which explores the profound impact of the French language and culture on Russian high society and consciousness in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Volume 1 provides insights into the development of the practice of speaking and writing French at the Russian court and among the Russian nobility from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century, after which the circle of Russians who continued to use French in Russia was narrower. In the process, readers will be introduced to a wide range of types of text. They will also encounter examples of the impact of the French language on Russian and will reflect on the practice of code-switching and the distinction between bilingualism and diglossia.

Contents:

French and Russian in Imperial Russia; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Note on dates, transliteration and other editorial practices; Abbreviations Used in the Text, Notes and References; Dates of Reigns in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Russia; Introduction; 1 French and Russian in Catherine's Russia; 2 The Use of French by Catherine II in her Letters to Friedrich Melchior Grimm (1774-96); 3 Language Use among the Russian Aristocracy: The Case of the Counts Stroganov; 4 The Francophone Press in Russia: A Cultural Bridge and an Instrument of Propaganda

5 Russian Noblewomen's Francophone Travel Narratives (1777-1848): The Limits of the Use of French6 Russian or French? Bilingualism in Aleksandr Radishchev's Letters from Exile (1790-1800); 7 Code-Switching in the Correspondence of the Vorontsov Family; 8 French and Russian in Ego-Documents by Nikolai Karamzin; 9 Pushkin's Letters in French; 10 Instruction in Eighteenth-Century Coquetry: Learning about Fashion and Speaking its Language; 11 The Role of French in the Formation of Professional Architectural Terminology in Eighteenth-Century Russia

12 The Coexistence of Russian and French in Russia in the First Third of the Nineteenth Century: Bilingualism with or without Diglossia?Conclusion; Notes on Contributors; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Oct 2017).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

9780748695522

0748695524