Russian Literature Lessons

In this book, which is a transcript of the Russian literature courses he gave at various schools in America, Nabokov talks about the greatest Russian writers of the 19th century - Chekhov, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Gorky, Gogol - and does not compromise on his extraordinary style in his novels. This time, Nabokov uses his brilliant mind games to examine Russian novels.

"Russian critics point out that Chekhov's style, choice of words, etc., do not reveal any of the artistic concerns that preoccupied, say, Gogol, Flaubert, or Henry James.

His vocabulary is poor, his word combinations are considered ordinary - garish paragraphs presented on a silver platter, delicious verbs, early-season adjectives, and nicknames such as mint liqueur are foreign to him. Chekhov is not an inventor of words like Gogol; He goes to parties in his daily clothes.

Chekhov thus provides a good example of how a writer can be a consummate artist without being exceptionally lively in his verbal technique or paying extreme attention to twisting his sentences.”



Number of Pages: 423

Year of Printing: 2013


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Iletisim Publishing

Number of Pages: 423

First Printing Year: 2013

Language Turkish