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Social Functions of Literature on Hardback by Paul Debreczeny
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Social Functions of Literature

Alexander Pushkin and Russian Culture
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This study of the effect of literature on readers, both as individuals and as members of social groups, focuses on Russia's national poet, Alexander Pushkin, as a model for investigating the aesthetic and social functions of literature. The individual reader's response to the literary text is demonstrated in Part One through a broad range of memoirs, diaries, and correspondences in which Russian readers recorded their reactions to Pushkin. Among the reactions are testimonies that Pushkin's works helped readers form their personalities, provided cathartic relief in times of stress, and aided them in releasing their suppressed emotions. In his analysis, the author draws on various psychological approaches, from studies of perception through developmental psychology to psychoanalysis.

Author Biography:

Paul Debreczeny is Alumni Distinguished Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina. Among his many publications are Alexander Pushkin: Complete Prose Fiction (translated) and The Other Pushkin: A Study of Alexander Pushkin's Prose Fiction (both Stanford, 1983).
Release date NZ
January 1st, 1997
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  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Pages
300
Dimensions
152x229x25
ISBN-13
9780804726627
Product ID
6295352

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