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Contemporary Russian Satire: A Genre Study

Contemporary Russian Satire: A Genre Study

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 0521026261
ISBN13: 9780521026260
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Apr 27 2006
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.68 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This wide-ranging study presents an examination of the extraordinary diversity and range of satirical writing in contemporary Russian literature. Through the close analysis of seminal satirical texts written by five Russian and emigré authors in the 1970s and 1980s, Karen Ryan-Hayes demonstrates that formal and thematic parody is pervasive and that it provides additional levels of meaning in contemporary Russian satire. The author focuses on different subgenres of satire and offers practical criticism on each text.

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