ABSTRACT
Russia has a rich, huge, unwieldy cultural tradition. How to grasp it? This classroom reader is designed to respond to that problem. The literary works selected for inclusion in this anthology introduce the core cultural and historic themes of Russia's civilisation. Each text has resonance throughout the arts - in Rublev's icons, Meyerhold's theatre, Mousorgsky's operas, Prokofiev's symphonies, Fokine's choreography and Kandinsky's paintings. This material is supported by introductions, helpful annotations and bibliographies of resources in all media. The reader is intended for use in courses in Russian literature, culture and civilisation, as well as comparative literature.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|37 pages
Cultural Beginnings
chapter 1|10 pages
The Tale of Igor
chapter 2|12 pages
Boris and Gleb
part II|37 pages
The Emerging Self
part III|68 pages
The Search for Identity
part IV|254 pages
Subversions of Secularization
part V|54 pages
New Aesthetic Languages
part VI|98 pages
Thresholds: Soviet Culture and Beyond