piatiknizhie in English

[Oleg Pashuk]

Wrong. Look at the definition:
----- Original Message ----- 
...'compound literary OR narrative work.' Everybody knows that Dostoevskij's 
five novels  ARE NOT a narative work. So, Pentalogy is the right term for 
them, they are a compound literary work.


From: "John Dunn" <J.Dunn at SLAVONIC.ARTS.GLA.AC.UK>
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> I'm afraid that pentalogy does not, in my view, really work here.  The 
> problem is that part of the definition that says 'a compound literary or 
> narrative work'.  I don't see how Dostoevskij's five novels can be said to 
> make up a a compound work; to fit this definition there would have to be 
> some sort of unifying narrative thread.  I suspect that there no 
> alternative here to saying something like 'D's five main/most important 
> novels' .
>
> John Dunn.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oleg Pashuk <pashuk at KNOLOGY.NET>
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:53:55 -0400
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] piatiknizhie in English
>
> Pentalogy
> There are 172,000 hits on Google for the term "pentalogy."
> A very good explanation of its meaning is given at this site:
>
> Pentalogy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
> Sep 21, 2009 ... A pentalogy is a compound literary or narrative work that
> is made up of five (numerical prefix penta-) distinct works, just as a
> trilogy is ...
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentalogy
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "George Hawrysch" <zolotar at INTERLOG.COM>
> To: <SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu>
> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 9:32 AM
> Subject: [SEELANGS] piatiknizhie in English
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>> What might be a good way to render the term
>> пятикнижие (piatiknizhie) into English with
>> reference to, say, the novels of Dostoevsky?
>> "Pentateuch" is out, obviously. Other ideas?
>>
>> George Hawrysch
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