The Literary Field under Communist Rule

Published by Academic Studies Press 2019

The Literary Field under Communist Rule

Edited by: Aušra Jurgutienė and Dalia Satkauskytė

In the series Lithuanian Studies without Borders

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618119780

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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 discusses its functioning under communist rule.

Author / Editor information

Jurgutienė Aušra :

Aušra Jurgutienė is Senior Researcher at the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore. She has published more than seventy articles and is author of New Romanticism from Longing (1998) and The Art of Literary Interpretation: The Hermeneutical Tradition (2013). She is also the chief editor and co-author of academic textbooks and readers in literary theory.Satkauskytė Dalia :

Dalia Satkauskyte is Senior Researcher at the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore. She is the author of Language Consciousness in Lithuanian Poetry (1996), Profiles of Subjectivity in Lithuanian Literature (2008), and more than forty articles in Lithuanian, English, Russian, French, Polish, and German on contemporary literature, literary theory, and sociocriticism.

Aušra Jurgutienė is Senior Researcher at the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore. She has published more than 70 articles and is author of two monographs in Lithuanian: New Romanticism from Longing (1998), and The Art of Literary Interpretation: The Hermeneutical Tradition (2013). She is also the editor and co-author of academic textbooks and readers in literary theory.

Dalia Satkauskyte is Senior Researcher at the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore. She is the author of monographs in Lithuanian Language Consciousness in Lithuanian Poetry (1996) and Profiles of Subjectivity in Lithuanian Literature (2008), and author of more than forty articles in Lithuanian, English, Russian, French, Polish, and German on contemporary literature, literary theory, and sociocriticism.

Reviews

“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 Imperio

“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

“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

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Dalia Satkauskytė Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Soviet Literature as Theoretical and Historical Problem
Soviet Multinational Literature: Approaches, Problems, and Perspectives of Study Evgeny Dobrenko Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
The Role of Aesopian Language in the Literary Field: Autonomy in Question Dalia Satkauskytė Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
Between Universalism and Localism: The Strategies of Soviet Lithuanian Writers and “Sandwiched” Lithuanian Ethnic Particularism Vilius Ivanauskas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Contradictions in Lithuanian Literary Field
Atheist Autobiography: Politics, the Literary Canon, and Restructured Experience Nerija Putinaitė Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Sartre and de Beauvoir: Encounter the Pensive Christ Solveiga Daugirdaitė Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
The Production of Eimuntas Nekrošius’s Kvadratas as a Palimpsest of Soviet-era Memory Loreta Mačianskaitė Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
The Experiences of One Generation of Soviet Poets: Their Illusions and Choices Donata Mitaitė Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
The Art of Compromise in Literary Criticism that Legitimated Soviet-Era Modernism Aušra Jurgutienė Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
Hermeneutics of Truth and Compromise in Literatures of Other Soviet Republics
Ukrainian Literature of the Late Soviet Period: The History of Three Generations of Poets Valentyna Kharkhun Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
State of Emergency Literature: Varlam Shalamov vs. “Progressive Humanity” Pavel Arsenev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Reading Literary History through the Archives: The Case of the Latvian Literary Journal Karogs Eva Eglāja-Kristsone Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Hamlet and Folklore as Elements of the Resistance Movement in Estonian Literature Anneli Mihkelev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Biographical Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
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Language: English
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 258
Keywords: Soviet literature; Soviet culture; Multinational Literature; Socialist Realism; Literatures of Baltic States; Lithuanian literature; Ukrainian literature; Sociology of Literature; Literary Field; Censorship

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Published: February 8, 2019
ISBN: 9781618119780