Language and culture in eighteenth-century Russia

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Language and culture in eighteenth-century Russia

Victor Zhivov

(Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and history)

Academic Studies Press, 2009

Other Title

Язык и культура в России XVIII века

I︠A︡zyk i kulʹtura v Rossii XVIII veka

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Original title in Russian: Язык и культура в России XVIII века

Translated by Marcus Levitt

Includes bibliographical references (p. 430-472) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

"Victor Zhivov's Language and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Russia" is one of the most important studies ever published on eighteenth-century Russia. Historians and students of Russian culture agree that the creation of a Russian literary language was key to the formation of a modern secular culture, and "Language and Culture" traces the growth of a vernacular language from the 'hybrid Slavonic' of the late seventeenth century through the debates between 'archaists and innovators' of the early nineteenth century. Zhivov's study is an essential work on the genesis of modern Russian culture; the aim of this translation is to make it available to historians and students of Russian culture.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction: Problems in the Prehistory of the New Type of Russian Literary Language
  • The Petrine Language Reform: The Linguistic & Cultural Situation of the Petrine Era
  • The Start of Normalisation of the New Literary Language: The Formulation of Linguistie Theories & Literary Practice
  • The Changed Conception of the Literary Language: The "Slavenorossiiskii Language" & the Synthesis of Cultural & Linguistic Traditions
  • The New Cultural Differentiation: Linguistic Purity as an Ideological Category
  • Index.

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