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- Title
Literary Borrowing in the Work of N. S. Leskov: A Case Study of The Spendthrift.
- Authors
KUCHERSKAYA, MAYA
- Abstract
Leskov researchers have often and justifiably focused on the influence of Old Russian literature and folklore in his prose. However, nineteenth-century Russian literature is equally essential to his work. Leskov often borrowed plot devices, images, and names from his contemporaries; these aspects of his work, namely his 'intertextuality' and literature-centrism are underappreciated. This paper demonstrates this aspect of his poetics using his play The Spendthrift, showing that The Spendthrift presents a combination of allusions to nineteenth-century works including Griboedov's Woe From Wit, Gogol's The Inspector General, Ostrovsky's Krechinsky's Wedding and Sukovo-Kobylin's The Case. Using the terminology of postmodernism, the term 'pastiche' may rightfully be applied to Leskov's play. Whereas in postmodern art, pastiche is the result of the author's frustration with everything already having been written, Leskov uses others' texts for polemical purposes with the intention of formulating his own literary position.
- Subjects
INTERTEXTUALITY; INFLUENCE (Literary, artistic, etc.); LESKOV, N. S. (Nikolai Semenovich), 1831-1895; SPENDTHRIFT, The (Theatrical production); RUSSIAN authors; 19TH century Russian literature; RUSSIAN literature; LITERARY criticism
- Publication
Russian Review, 2016, Vol 75, Issue 1, p67
- ISSN
0036-0341
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/russ.12062