From the finite to the infinite: Death and altered perspective in Russian literature

"This dissertation concerns a tradition in Russian literature in which there occurs at the moment of death of the hero a change in perspective. This altered perspective in general is from a very narrow, finite vision to a broader, often times infinite vision in which an idea of the author's Weltanschauung is apparent. This change in perspective can occur in one of five ""agents"" of the story: the character that dies, other characters in the story, the narrator, the author and the reader. This tradition will be analyzed by looking at examples from all periods of Russian literature. Beginning with medieval Russian literature, the tradition is traced from its genesis through its development up to the late twentieth century. Sample works are analyzed in detail both textually and contextually and together provide insight into the progression of the tradition."

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Slavic Languages and Literatures

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Robinson, Marc Alan

Contributors dc:contributor

• Pachmuss, Temira A.

• Literature, Slavic and East European

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1991 Robinson, Marc Alan

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9136716
(UMI)AAI9136716

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21656