the second of Russian prose fiction

[Irina Reyfman]

Dear Ron,

The idea originates with Konstantin Leont'ev's 'O romanakh L.N. Tolstogo:
Analiz, stil', i veianie" (written in 1890, first published in 1911).

Sincerely,
Irina 

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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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