Passion, humiliation, revenge [electronic resource]
להגדלת הטקסט להקטנת הטקסט- ספר
This book reveals the phenomenon in Russian prose in which a male protagonist finds himself perpetuating a cycle of passion, humiliation, and revenge within his relationships with women. By examining the mental and emotional state of the male protagonistwho finds himself in a sexual situation, Rina Lapidus explores how his passion for a woman leads the man into an encounter that causes him humiliation and ends up eliciting a powerful desire on his part to punish the woman who initially arouses his eroticfeeling. The male protagonist directs his fury at the woman, seeking vengeance because of t
כותר |
Passion, humiliation, revenge [electronic resource] : hatred in man-woman relationships in the 19th and 20th century Russian novel / Rina Lapidus. |
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מוציא לאור |
Lanham, MD : Lexington Books |
שנה |
c2008 |
הערות |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-166) and index. English |
הערת תוכן ותקציר |
The evolution of attitudes towards female characters in Russian literature : an historical overview -- Spiritual and physical murder between man and woman : Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov -- Woman as sexual predator in Russian literary tradition : Tolstoy, Zoschenko and Trifonov -- Woman's infidelity as the cause for man's devastation : Tolstoy, Flaubert, Leskov, Turgenev, Kuprin, and Chekhov -- Anxiety about the strong woman : Turgenev, Leskov, and Bulgakov -- Surrogate for man-woman relations in post-war Soviet literature : Vasilyiev, Grossman, and Rasputin -- The eunuch as hero in late-Soviet and Perestroika literature : Dovlatov, Nagibin, and Polyakov -- Man as an object in literature by women : Shcherbakova, Rubina, Ulitskaya, Petrushevskaya, and Grekova -- Conclusion : sex as an animal act beyond comprehension. |
היקף החומר |
1 online resource (182 p.) |
שפה |
אנגלית |
מספר מערכת |
997010715033805171 |
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