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Beyond Metafiction Self-Consciousness in Soviet Literature

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ISBN-10: 0198156669

ISBN-13: 9780198156666

Edition: 1992

Authors: David Shepherd

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Although metafiction has been the subject of much critical and theoretical writing, this is the first full-length study of its place in Soviet literature. Focusing on metafictional works by Leonid Leonov, Marietta Shaginyan, Konstantin Vaginov, and Veniamin Kaverin, it examines, within a broadly Bakhtinian theoretical framework, the relationship between their self-consciousness and their cultural and political context. The texts are shown to challenge notions about the nature and function of literature fundamental to both Soviet and Anglo-American criticism. In particular, although metafictional strategies may seem designed to confirm assumptions about the aesthetic autonomy of the literary…    
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List price: $180.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/19/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.034

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Transliteration and Translation
Introduction: Metafiction and Soviet Literature
Reflecting on Fiction: Leonid Leonov
Facts versus Figures: Marietta Shaginyan
Discrowning the Writer: Konstantin Vaginov
Knowing the Artist: Veniamin Kaverin
Re Reading, Rewriting
Conclusion: Rewriting Literary History
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