Dr Viktoria Ivleva viktoria.ivleva@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Literary Theory in Practice: Rethinking Tynjanov’s 'The Wax Figure.'
Ivleva, Victoria
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Abstract
This article examines Iurii Tynianov's novella ‘Voskovaia persona’ (‘The Wax Figure’) in light of his ideas about tradition and innovation as outlined in his collection of articles Arkhaisty i novatory (Archaists and Innovators). In the novella, Tynianov artistically expresses his views on literary evolution, which he perceives as a continuous historical process of confrontation between old and new canons. The article analyzes the characters who symbolically represent the struggling traditions such as Peter I, Rastrelli, the wax master Iakov, and his brother Mikhalko. Finally, this paper demonstrates how parody – an important mechanism of literary evolution – plays itself out in ‘The Wax Figure’ and studies Tynianov's novella in the context of Pushkin's, Gogol's and Belyi's Petersburg texts.
Citation
Ivleva, V. (2006). Literary Theory in Practice: Rethinking Tynjanov’s 'The Wax Figure.'. Russian Literature, 60(2), 127-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ruslit.2006.09.001
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | 2006-08 |
Deposit Date | Nov 21, 2012 |
Journal | Russian Literature |
Print ISSN | 0304-3479 |
Electronic ISSN | 1878-3678 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 60 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 127-157 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ruslit.2006.09.001 |
Keywords | Tynianov, The Wax Figure, Petersburg Texts, Parody. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1469538 |
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