The Literary Field under Communist Rule
Aura Jurgutien editor Dalia Satkauskyt editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Academic Studies Press
Published:28th Jan '19
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This volume widens the field of Soviet literature studies by interpreting it as a multinational project, with national literatures acting not as copies of the Russian model, but as creators of a multidimensional literary space. The book proposes a reconsideration of Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of literary field and analyzes the interactions of literature, power, and economics under the communist rule. The articles selected include theoretical discussions and case studies from different national literatures presenting different structural elements of the Soviet literary field, as well as different phenomena created by the complexity of the field itself, such as the Aesopian language, state of emergency literature, or compromise as the essential element of the writers’ identity.
“This collection brings a variety of perspectives to bear on the role and significance of literature in the USSR, specifically on the nature and function of what the editors call Soviet multinational literature. … This volume meets its stated ambition of overcoming the ‘dualistic schemes’ that often afflict research on Soviet literature through a judicious application of the concept of the literary field. The book should be of interest to students and teachers of history, politics, literature, Soviet studies, and related fields. It has a unique value for its sophisticated treatment of the subject matter and coverage of non-Russian literatures of the former USSR.” —Violeta Davoliūtė, Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, Lithuanian Historical Studies, vol. 23
“This volume meets its stated ambition of overcoming the ‘dualistic schemes’ that often afflict research on Soviet literature through a judicious application of the concept of the literary field. The book should be of interest to students and teachers of history, politics, literature, Soviet studies, and related fields. It has a unique value for its sophisticated treatment of the subject matter and coverage of non-Russian literatures of the former USSR.”
—Violeta Davoliūtė, Lithuanian Culture Reseach Institute, Lithuanian Historical Studies
“The great merit of this book is the fact that it attempts to go beyond the borders of studies dedicated to a specific national literature, and offers a suitable methodology for this effort. There is now a dire lack of volumes that present Soviet culture as multinational and multilingual and offer new methods of its analysis. Jurgutienė and Satkauskytė’s volume is a successful example of a discussing multinational Soviet literature.”
— Yulia Kozitskaya, Ab ImperioISBN: 9781618119773
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258 pages