The Russian short story since 1917

  • Christine Hüttinger Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana; Unidad Azcapotzalco
Keywords: Rusian literature, émigrés, skaz, Socialist Realism, Gulags, village prose, women literature, postmodernism

Abstract

The genre of the short story combines history and literature as a way to enter a different culture. The Soviet Union had an unusually rich production of short stories. Soviet ideologues called for writers to compose epic novels, arguing that nothing else could capture in a better way the epic spirit of the time. But many of the best authors within and outside the Soviet Union chose to work with shorter forms. The short story during the twentieth century reflects closely the history of the Soviet Union.

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Author Biography

Christine Hüttinger, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana; Unidad Azcapotzalco
 Departamento de Humanidades.
Published
2015-01-01
How to Cite
Hüttinger, C. (2015). The Russian short story since 1917. Revista Fuentes Humanísticas, 27(50), 53-66. Retrieved from https://fuenteshumanisticas.azc.uam.mx/index.php/rfh/article/view/46
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