Jan Pototcki's novel and the Russian underground

[Olga Meerson]

Another influence--Nadezhda Vil'ko, a contemporary writer, esp. in her reincarnation Bank.
o

----- Original Message -----
From: Olga Meerson <meersono at georgetown.edu>
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:09 am
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Jan Pototcki's novel and the Russian underground

> It is called "Orlandina", and was written, indeed with some 
> collaboration with Khvostenko, but mostly by Henri Volokhonsky. Do 
> you still need a link? I remember the whole text and can even 
> perform it for you, if you are around. But if not, I am sure other 
> SEELANGers will provide the info.
> o.m.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Slivkin, Yevgeniy A." <slivkin at OU.EDU>
> Date: Monday, June 23, 2008 3:31 pm
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Jan Pototcki's novel and the Russian underground
> 
> > Dear colleagues,
> > In his book “Anderground: istoriia I mify leningradskoi 
> > neofitsial’noi literatury” S. Savitskii mentions a song by A. 
> > Khvostenko that narrates an episode from Jan Potocki’s novel “The 
> > Manuscript found in Saragossa”.
> > Does anyone know of any other influence this novel had on the 
> > literature of the Russian underground of the 1960's-70's? A film 
> > version of the novel by the Polish film director W. Has was 
> > released in the USSR in the late 1960’s. Some influence could 
> > perhaps be found in authors who use “inserted novel in inserted 
> > novel” techniques (“matreshka” narrative), since the main motif 
> in 
> > the film is the surrealistic motif of a dreamer apparently 
> > awakening into what turns out to be just another dream.
> > Thank you.
> > 
> > Yevgeny Slivkin
> > Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
> > University of Oklahoma
> > 
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