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Formalists against Imperialism reveals the artistic foresight of Russian formalist and modernist writer Yuri Tynianov into the phenomenon later known as Orientalism.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
A Note on Translations and Transliteration
Introduction
1. Colonial Management of Transcaucasia and the Ideas of the European Enlightenment
2. The "Oriental Journeys" in
The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar3. A Novelistic Outline of Orientalism
4. "The Fountain of Bakhchisaray": The Harem of the Russian Empire
5. Infant Asia and Stenka Razin: Persia in the Works of the Soviet Avant-Garde
6. The "Treacherous Eunuch" in Pursuit of Freedom: Search for Authenticity in the Works of Montesquieu and Tynianov
7. Facing the Future and Confronting the Former Self: An Iranian Delegation’s Visit to Petersburg in 1829 and Its Interpretation in 1929
8. Knowledge Is Power:
The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar as a Parody of a Spy Novel
Conclusion: Tynianov’s Anti-imperialist Legacy and the 2010 Television Adaptation of His Novel
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Anna Aydinyan is an assistant professor of Russian at Kenyon College.
Summary
Formalists against Imperialism reveals the artistic foresight of Russian formalist and modernist writer Yuri Tynianov into the phenomenon later known as Orientalism.
