the second of Russian prose fiction

[LeBlanc, Ronald]

Dear SEELANGers,

Can anyone help identify for me (I once knew the source, but have now forgotten) who it is -- and where -- that makes a distinction between two lines of development in 19th-century Russian prose fiction?

The first line (originating in Pushkin and running through Turgenev, Tolstoy, and others) is said to be characterized by a transparent writing style, while the second line (originating in Gogol and running through Dostoevsky, Leskov, and others) deliberately draws the reader's attention to the oral features of the narrative voice.  Writers of the second line are said to be more concerned with how the story is told (than with the story itself).

I thought it was Robert Maguire who wrote about this somewhere.  But perhaps I'm mistaken.

Can anyone help a forgetful colleague out? (Starost' is, indeed, ne radost')

Thanks in advance,

Ron

Ronald D. LeBlanc
Professor of Russian and Humanities
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Murkland Hall
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824
603-862-3553
ronald.leblanc at unh.edu






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