Formalists against Imperialism

Formalists against Imperialism

The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar and Russian Orientalism

Aydinyan, Anna

University of Toronto Press

07/2022

240

Dura

Inglês

9781487543853

15 a 20 dias

500

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Acknowledgments
A Note on Translations and Transliteration

Introduction

1. Colonial Management of Transcaucasia and the Ideas of the European Enlightenment
2. The "Oriental Journeys" in The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar
3. A Novelistic Outline of Orientalism
4. "The Fountain of Bakhchisaray": The Harem of the Russian Empire
5. Infant Asia and Stenka Razin: Persia in the Works of the Soviet Avant-Garde
6. The "Treacherous Eunuch" in Pursuit of Freedom: Search for Authenticity in the Works of Montesquieu and Tynianov
7. Facing the Future and Confronting the Former Self: An Iranian Delegation's Visit to Petersburg in 1829 and Its Interpretation in 1929
8. Knowledge Is Power: The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar as a Parody of a Spy Novel

Conclusion: Tynianov's Anti-imperialist Legacy and the 2010 Television Adaptation of His Novel

Notes
Bibliography
Index
Orientalism; Russian formalism; Russian Empire; colonialism; imperialism; Russo-Persian War; Transcaucasia; Caucasus; Iran; Alexander Griboedov; Yuri Tynianov; The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar; 1920s avant-garde