Frank J. Miller

Folklore for Stalin (eBook, PDF)

Russian Folklore and Pseudo-folklore of the Stalin Era

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Produktbeschreibung

After the First Congress of Soviet Writers in 1934, folklore, like literature, became an instrument of the political propagandist. Folklorists devoted considerable efforts to attending to what purported to be a rebirth of the Russian epic tradition, producing works of pseudofolklore that as often as not featured Joseph Stalin in the hero's role. Miller's account of this curious episode in the history of popular culture and totalitarian politics, and his synopses and translations of "classic" examples of folklore for Stalin, seek to serve as a resource not only for the study of contemporary folklore but also for the political scientist.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000122534
• Artikelnr.: 60062167

Autorenporträt

Frank J. Miller received his Ph.D. in Russian literature from Indiana University. He is currently Associate Professor of Russian at Columbia University where he is the Coordinator of the Russian Language Program. He is also the author of A Handbook of Russian Verbs, Reading and Speaking about Russian Newspapers, as well as many articles on language and folklore.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
1 The Origins of Folklore for Stalin
2 The Noviny
The Noviny of M. S. Kriukova
The Noviny of P. I. Riabinin
Andreev
The Noviny of N. V. Kigachev, E. S. Zhuravleva A. M. Pashkova, and M. K. Riabinin
Other Noviny
The Noviny of M. R. Golubkova
Noviny Based on the Traditional Lament
3 Soviet Tales
The Tales of I. F. Kovalev
The Tales of G. I. Sorokovikov
The Tales of Other Storytellers
4 The Fate of Pseudofolklore
APPENDIX I Synopses ofNoviny
APPENDIX II Synopses of Soviet Tales
APPENDIX III Translations
Notes
Bibliography
Index.