A Companion to Soviet Children's Literature and Film.
Voronina, Olga.
A Companion to Soviet Children's Literature and Film. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (521 pages) - Brill's Companions to the Slavic World Series ; v.2 . - Brill's Companions to the Slavic World Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction. ``The Only Universal National Text'': On the Centennial of Soviet Children's Literature and Film -- Part 1: Forging a New Children's Culture: (R)evolution, Poetics, Aesthetics -- Chapter 1. Unnatural Selection: A Natural History of Early Soviet Picturebooks -- Chapter 2. The Junctures of Child Psychology and Soviet Avant-Garde Film: Representations, Influences, Applications -- Chapter 3. The Dictionary as a Toy Collection: Interactions between Avant-Garde Aesthetics and Soviet Children's Literature -- Chapter 4. The Literary Avant-Garde and Soviet Literature for Children: OBERIU in the Leningrad Periodicals Еж and Чиж -- Part 2: Constructing Socialism, Building the Self: History, Ideology, Narrative -- Chapter 5. Re-imagining the Past for Future Generations: History as Fiction in Soviet Children's Literature -- Chapter 6. Education of the Soul, Bolshevik Style: Pedagogy in Soviet Children's Literature from the 1920s to the Early 1930s -- Chapter 7. ``Be Always Ready!'': Hero Narratives in Soviet Children's Literature -- Chapter 8. Unspeakable Truths: Children of the Siege in Soviet Literature -- Part 3: New Approaches to the Avant-Garde: Reconstructing the Canon -- Chapter 9. Children's Poetry and Translation in the Soviet Era: Strategies of Rewriting, Transformation and Adaptation -- Chapter 10. Under the Hypnosis of Disney: Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Soviet Animation for Children -- Chapter 11. Embracing Eccentricity: Золушка and the Avant-Garde Imagination -- Chapter 12. The Queer Legacies of Late Socialism, or What Cheburashka and Gary Shteyngart Have in Common -- Bibliography -- Index.
A comprehensive and innovative analysis of Soviet literary and cinematic children's canon. Marking the centennial of Soviet cultural production for children, it reviews the rich and dramatic history of Soviet children's books, films, and animation and explores their importance for contemporary Russian audiences.
9789004414396
Electronic books.
BH301.A94 .C667 2020
A Companion to Soviet Children's Literature and Film. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (521 pages) - Brill's Companions to the Slavic World Series ; v.2 . - Brill's Companions to the Slavic World Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction. ``The Only Universal National Text'': On the Centennial of Soviet Children's Literature and Film -- Part 1: Forging a New Children's Culture: (R)evolution, Poetics, Aesthetics -- Chapter 1. Unnatural Selection: A Natural History of Early Soviet Picturebooks -- Chapter 2. The Junctures of Child Psychology and Soviet Avant-Garde Film: Representations, Influences, Applications -- Chapter 3. The Dictionary as a Toy Collection: Interactions between Avant-Garde Aesthetics and Soviet Children's Literature -- Chapter 4. The Literary Avant-Garde and Soviet Literature for Children: OBERIU in the Leningrad Periodicals Еж and Чиж -- Part 2: Constructing Socialism, Building the Self: History, Ideology, Narrative -- Chapter 5. Re-imagining the Past for Future Generations: History as Fiction in Soviet Children's Literature -- Chapter 6. Education of the Soul, Bolshevik Style: Pedagogy in Soviet Children's Literature from the 1920s to the Early 1930s -- Chapter 7. ``Be Always Ready!'': Hero Narratives in Soviet Children's Literature -- Chapter 8. Unspeakable Truths: Children of the Siege in Soviet Literature -- Part 3: New Approaches to the Avant-Garde: Reconstructing the Canon -- Chapter 9. Children's Poetry and Translation in the Soviet Era: Strategies of Rewriting, Transformation and Adaptation -- Chapter 10. Under the Hypnosis of Disney: Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Soviet Animation for Children -- Chapter 11. Embracing Eccentricity: Золушка and the Avant-Garde Imagination -- Chapter 12. The Queer Legacies of Late Socialism, or What Cheburashka and Gary Shteyngart Have in Common -- Bibliography -- Index.
A comprehensive and innovative analysis of Soviet literary and cinematic children's canon. Marking the centennial of Soviet cultural production for children, it reviews the rich and dramatic history of Soviet children's books, films, and animation and explores their importance for contemporary Russian audiences.
9789004414396
Electronic books.
BH301.A94 .C667 2020