Early Soviet Postmodernism
Extraits
Histoire internationale
Early Soviet Postmodernism
Soviet postmodernism is part of a long-term cultural development that began with the death of Stalin in 1953 and has continued on up to the present day. The book treats the early phase of Soviet postmodernism, which began to emerge in the late 1950's and lasted until the mid-1970's. Early Soviet postmodernism agrees with later, neoavantgardist postmodernism in that it distrusts modernist figures of thought such as utopianism, dialectical argumentation, and mythopoetic "grand narratives." Unlike late postmodernism, which appropriates these figures ironically, early Soviet postmodernism is still involved in a serious, agonized attempt to "correct" or rework them in a serious way. The epistemological failure of these efforts marks this literature as specifically postmodern. The book charts the development of this epoch in four important "genres" of postwar Soviet literature : in village prose (Nagibin, Solženicyn, Belov, Rasputin); in Vasilij Suksin's short stories about eccentric characters ; in Jurij Trifonov's urban prose ; and in the lyric poetry of Evgenij Evtusenko and Andrej Voznesenskij.
07/1997
Littérature française
Le Petit Soviet
Il a fallu l'appel d'un banquier inconnu pour que Joseph Kruger fasse le voyage. Puisque l'homme a insisté, il viendrait en personne récupérer les derniers documents concernant la succession de ses parents décédés récemment. Ni eux ni lui n'avaient plus d'attaches dans la région depuis trois décennies. Dés l'instant où il remet les pieds au Village, Joseph est assailli par les souvenirs d'enfance qu'il pensait effacés. Mais surtout, dans ces rues vides, il a l'impression tenace que chacun de ses mouvements est surveille et que tous ont été informés de son retour. Il comprend vite que sa présence dérange, qu'on aimerait savoir s'il sait... Que devrait-il savoir ? Une première révélation le lance dans une enquête improvisée, aussi discrète que possible. Rien n'a préparé Joseph à recevoir en legs un encombrant épisode de la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Un morceau d'histoire indicible, que cèle un vieux pacte de silence. Avec Le Petit Soviet, Eric Decouty signe un roman élégant, à la fois historique et introspectif.
04/2021
Histoire internationale
Private Life and Communist Morality in Khrushchev’s Russia
Drawing on previously inaccessible records, this book discusses love, sex, marriage, divorce, and child-rearing during Khrushchev's "thaw" of the 1950s and early 1960s. It analyses the Soviet government's attempts to supervise private life and enforce communist morality, and it describes the diverse ways in which people responded to official prescriptions. Written in a lively and accessible style, this book provides an innovative exploration of the interactions between Soviet ideology and everyday life.
03/2007
Religion
Glasgow Urban Writing and Postmodernism
Alasdair Gray is one of the most innovative and imaginative writers to have appeared on the Scottish literary scene for many years. Gray radically challenges the vision of Glasgow and Scotland as defined by the traditional Glasgow novel. This study first looks back into the past of Glasgow writing to locate some specific novelistic models which Gray echoes in his fiction. The main part of the study then illustrates that Gray's literary attitude of looking beyond Glasgow (or Scotland) is much more helpful in "imagining Glasgow" than to follow the established and trodden paths of Scottish urban writing. In this sense, Gray proves that the narrative techniques characteristic of postmodernist writing are not only helpful in expressing the often quoted Scottish experience of fragmentation, but also in overcoming the artistic stalemate of the Glasgow novel.
04/1991
Graphisme
Transgression. Graphisme et postmodernisme
Transgression est une véritable enquête au coeur du design postmoderne, du milieu des années 1970 à la fin du XXe siècle. Cette époque a transformé la discipline, en rejetant les canons du modernisme, qui dominaient la conception graphique depuis des décennies. Rick Poynor y raconte avec finesse et précision comment les designers graphiques et les typographes ont décidé de transgresser les règles établies et d'expérimenter de nouvelles approches visuelles. Chacun des thèmes clés du livre (la Nouvelle vague américaine, le punk, la révolution numérique de la typographie, le grunge, le statut de graphiste-auteur, la tendance du rétro et du vernaculaire...) est illustré par des travaux mythiques, qui ont révolutionné le monde de la communication visuelle. Lu, commenté et étudié par des générations d'étudiants en graphisme et de professionnels, Transgression revient dans une édition plus accessible mais toujours aussi riche en découvertes visuelles.
05/2021
Pédagogie
Global Perspectives in Early Childhood Education
The idea for this book arose from presentations delivered at two conferences in Tartu and in Tallinn in Estonia. These conferences brought together many professionals and researchers working in early education, many from Europe, and also Australia and the USA. This book, written by 37 authors, consists of chapters about the development of early childhood education, children's developing skills and the early childhood curriculum, and about the role of early childhood teachers. Further topics are the role of parents in early childhood education, and the work with children with special needs in the preschool. The book will be of interest to those interested in early childhood practice and policy.
01/2011
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