Chekhov and Russian Religious Culture

Chekhov and Russian Religious Culture
Title Chekhov and Russian Religious Culture PDF eBook
Author Julie W. De Sherbinin
Publisher Northwestern University Press
Pages 226
Release 1997
Genre Christianity in literature
ISBN 9780810114043

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Chekhov and Russian Religious Culture is an innovative study of the Virgin Mary and the "saintly harlots"--Mary of Egypt and Mary Magdalene--as a cultural paradigm encoded in Chekhov's prose. De Sherbinin establishes the authority of the Marian paradigm in nineteenth-century Russian culture with a comprehensive overview of salient religious and literary texts, then offers critical readings of more than fifteen Chekhov stories, including key works such as "Peasants," "Peasant Women," and "My Life." De Sherbinin argues that Chekhov inverts and displaces the Christian meanings of Marian texts in order to reveal a vasy array of problematized relationships to the canonized figures. This illuminating semiotic reading of Chekhov explores questions of female identity as it probes the mindset of Russian Orthodox popular culture.

Between Religion and Rationality

Between Religion and Rationality
Title Between Religion and Rationality PDF eBook
Author Joseph Frank
Publisher
Pages 299
Release 2010
Genre History
ISBN 9780691142562

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In this book, acclaimed Dostoevsky biographer Joseph Frank explores some of the most important aspects of nineteenth and twentieth century Russian culture, literature, and history. Delving into the distinctions of the Russian novel as well as the conflicts between the religious peasant world and the educated Russian elite, Between Religion and Rationality displays the cogent reflections of one of the most distinguished and versatile critics in the field. Frank's essays provide a discriminating look at four of Dostoevsky's most famous novels, discuss the debate between J. M. Coetzee and Mario Vargas Llosa on the issue of Dostoevsky and evil, and confront Dostoevsky's anti-Semitism. The collection also examines such topics as Orlando Figes's sweeping survey of the history of Russian culture, the life of Pushkin, and Oblomov's influence on Samuel Beckett. Investigating the omnipresent religious theme that runs throughout Russian culture, even in the antireligious Chekhov, Frank argues that no other major European literature was as much preoccupied as the Russian with the tensions between religion and rationality. Between Religion and Rationality highlights this unique quality of Russian literature and culture, offering insights for general readers and experts alike.

Seeing Chekhov

Seeing Chekhov
Title Seeing Chekhov PDF eBook
Author Michael C. Finke
Publisher Cornell University Press
Pages 252
Release 2018-07-05
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1501721542

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"Chekhov's keen powers of observation have been remarked by both memoirists who knew him well and scholars who approach him only through the written record and across the distance of many decades. To apprehend Chekhov means seeing how Chekhov sees, and the author's remarkable vision is understood as deriving from his occupational or professional training and identity. But we have failed to register, let alone understand, just what a central concern for Chekhov himself, and how deeply problematic, were precisely issues of seeing and being seen."—from the Introduction Michael C. Finke explodes a century of critical truisms concerning Chekhov's objective eye and what being a physician gave him as a writer in a book that foregrounds the deeply subjective and self-reflexive aspects of his fiction and drama. In exploring previously unrecognized seams between the author's life and his verbal art, Finke profoundly alters and deepens our understanding of Chekhov's personality and behaviors, provides startling new interpretations of a broad array of Chekhov's texts, and fleshes out Chekhov's simultaneous pride in his identity as a physician and devastating critique of turn-of-the-century medical practices and ideologies. Seeing Chekhov is essential reading for students of Russian literature, devotees of the short story and modern drama, and anyone interested in the intersection of literature, psychology, and medicine.

Approaches to Teaching the Works of Anton Chekhov

Approaches to Teaching the Works of Anton Chekhov
Title Approaches to Teaching the Works of Anton Chekhov PDF eBook
Author Michael C. Finke
Publisher Modern Language Association
Pages 242
Release 2016-02-01
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1603292691

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Chekhov's works are unflinching in the face of human frailty. With their emphasis on the dignity and value of individuals during unique moments, they help us better understand how to exist with others when we are fundamentally alone. Written in Russia at the end of the nineteenth century, when the country began to move fitfully toward industrialization and grappled with the influence of Western liberalism even as it remained an autocracy, Chekhov's plays and stories continue to influence contemporary writers. The essays in this volume provide classroom strategies for teaching Chekhov's stories and plays, discuss how his medical training and practice related to his literary work, and compare Chekhov with writers both Russian and American. The volume also aims to help instructors with the daunting array of new editions in English, as well as with the ever-growing list of titles in visual media: filmed theater productions of his plays, adaptations of the plays and stories scripted for film, and amateur performances freely available online.

A History of Russian Literature

A History of Russian Literature
Title A History of Russian Literature PDF eBook
Author Andrew Kahn
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 1202
Release 2018-04-13
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0192549537

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Russia possesses one of the richest and most admired literatures of Europe, reaching back to the eleventh century. A History of Russian Literature provides a comprehensive account of Russian writing from its earliest origins in the monastic works of Kiev up to the present day, still rife with the creative experiments of post-Soviet literary life. The volume proceeds chronologically in five parts, extending from Kievan Rus' in the 11th century to the present day. The coverage strikes a balance between extensive overview and in-depth thematic focus. Parts are organized thematically in chapters, which a number of keywords that are important literary concepts that can serve as connecting motifs and 'case studies', in-depth discussions of writers, institutions, and texts that take the reader up close and personal. Visual material also underscores the interrelation of the word and image at a number of points, particularly significant in the medieval period and twentieth century. The History addresses major continuities and discontinuities in the history of Russian literature across all periods, and in particular brings out trans-historical features that contribute to the notion of a national literature. The volume's time range has the merit of identifying from the early modern period a vital set of national stereotypes and popular folklore about boundaries, space, Holy Russia, and the charismatic king that offers culturally relevant material to later writers. This volume delivers a fresh view on a series of key questions about Russia's literary history, by providing new mappings of literary history and a narrative that pursues key concepts (rather more than individual authorial careers). This holistic narrative underscores the ways in which context and text are densely woven in Russian literature, and demonstrates that the most exciting way to understand the canon and the development of tradition is through a discussion of the interrelation of major and minor figures, historical events and literary politics, literary theory and literary innovation.

Russian Orthodoxy on the Eve of Revolution

Russian Orthodoxy on the Eve of Revolution
Title Russian Orthodoxy on the Eve of Revolution PDF eBook
Author Vera Shevzov
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 373
Release 2004
Genre History
ISBN 0195335473

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Explores sacred community, and how it functioned (or sometimes did not) in Russian Orthodoxy before the fateful historic events of the 1917 Russian Revolution.

Life’s Realities: Examining Universal Human Conditions Through Chekhov’s Short Fiction

Life’s Realities: Examining Universal Human Conditions Through Chekhov’s Short Fiction
Title Life’s Realities: Examining Universal Human Conditions Through Chekhov’s Short Fiction PDF eBook
Author Dr. Jwala Prasad & Dr. Aiman Reyaz
Publisher Perfect Writer Publishing
Pages 153
Release 2024-10-25
Genre Education
ISBN 936081086X

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This book has seen the light of the day because of our parents. They have constantly guided, encouraged and even at times gave valuable constructive criticism. We will always be indebted to them. We are extremely thankful to the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of Jai Prakash University, Chapra, Prof. (Dr.) Parmendra Kumar Bajpai who invigorated the faculty and students to keep the fire burning. We are also thankful to the Principal of Rajendra College, Prof. (Dr.) Sushil Kumar Srivastav and the Principal of Ram Jaipal College, Prof. (Dr.) Irfan Ali and who always enthused the teachers. We would be failing in our duty if we don’t thank Prof. (Dr.) Amar Nath Prasad (Head, Department of English, Jai Prakash University, Chapra), Prof. (Dr.) Gajendra Kumar (Former Head, Deptt. of English, Jai Prakash University, Chapra), Prof. (Dr.) Uday Shankar Ojha (Professor of English at Jai Prakash University, Chapra), Dr. Priyanka Tripathi (Associate Professor of English at Indian Institute of Technology Patna) and Dr. Smriti Singh (Professor of English at Indian Institute of Technology Patna) for their unceasing support.