Language and culture in eighteenth-century Russia

Victor Zhivov's Language and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Russia is one of the most important studies ever published on eighteenth-century Russia. Historians and students of Russian culture agree that the creation of a Russian literary language was key to the formation of a modern secular cult...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Zhivov, V. M. (-)
Autor Corporativo: National Endowment for the Humanities and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program funder (funder)
Otros Autores: Levitt, Marcus
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Academic Studies Press 2009.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and history.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Translator's Introduction
  • Preface to the English Edition
  • Contents
  • Introduction. Problems in the Prehistory of the New Type of Russian Literary Language
  • 1. The Literary Language of the New Type as an Object of Social and Cultural History
  • 2. The Functional Reconceptualization of Genetically Heterogeneous Elements in the History of Russian Writing
  • 3. The Main Registers of the Bookish Language and the Processes of Their Formation
  • 4. The Reconceptualization of the Varieties of the Bookish Language
  • 5. Linguistic "Simplicity" and the Means of its Realization
  • 6. The Secularization of Culture, Its Specifics in Russia, and Its Significance for Rethinking Linguistic Usage
  • Chapter 1. The Petrine Language Reform; The Linguistic and Cultural Situation of the Petrine Era
  • 1. Tasks of the Language Reform and the Nature of its Realization
  • 2. Language Policy and the Conflict of Cultures
  • Chapter 2. The Start of Normalization of the New Literary Language; The Formulation of Linguistic Theories and Literary Practice
  • 1. The Formation of Petersburg Culture and the New Conception of the Literary Language
  • 2. The Conflict Between Linguistic Theory and Actual Practice; The Concept of a Poetic Language
  • Chapter 3. The Changed Conception of the Literary Language; The "Slavenorossiiskii Language" and the Synthesis of Cultural and Linguistic Traditions
  • 1. The New Nature of the Russian Literary Language and the Emergence of Slavonicizing Purism
  • 2. Rationalist Purism and the Richness of the Slavenorossiiskii Language
  • 3. The Synthesis of Cultural and Linguistic Traditions: The Slavenorossiiskii Language and Its Functioning
  • Chapter 4. The New Cultural Differentiation; Linguistic Purity as an Ideological Category
  • 1. The Emancipation of Culture and the Polemic Between Archaists and Innovators
  • 2. Slavonicizing Purism and Its Reconceptualization in Religious Literature
  • Abbrevations
  • Works Cited
  • Index