Russian Children''s Literature and Culture

Soviet literature in general and Soviet children's literature in particular have often been labeled by Western and post-Soviet Russian scholars and critics as propaganda. Below the surface, however, Soviet children's literature and culture allowed its creators greater experimental and creative freedom than did the socialist realist culture for adults. This volume explores the importance of children's culture, from literature to comics to theater to film, in the formation of Soviet social identity and in connection with broader Russian culture, history, and society.

Summary

This volume explores the importance of children’s culture, from literature to comics, to theater and film, in the formation of Soviet social identity, and in connection with broader Russian culture, history, and society.

Product details

• Authors: Marina (Illinois Wesleyan University Balina
• Assisted by: Marina Balina (Editor), Balina Marina (Editor), Larissa Rudova (Editor), Rudova Larissa (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.01.2011
• EAN: 9780415888875
• ISBN: 978-0-415-88887-5
• No. of pages: 408
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Children's Literature and Culture; Print on demand
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, Russian, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general, LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet