ISBN-13: 9781936235186 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 132 str.
ISBN-13: 9781936235186 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 132 str.
The renowned Russian writer Leo Tolstoy created a realistic masterpiece in Anna Karenina (1878). In the same work, moreover, he utilized allegory and symbol to an extent and at a level of sophistication unknown in his other works. In Browning's study, the author identifies and analyzes previously unnoticed or only briefly mentioned "linkages and keystones" found in two highly developed clusters of symbols, arising from Anna's momentous train ride and peasant nightmares, and of allegories, rooted in Vronsky's disastrous steeplechase. Within this labyrinth of symbol, allegory and structural patterning lies embedded much of the novel's most significant meaning. This study will be of particular interest to students and scholars of Russian literature, Tolstoy, symbol, allegory, structuralism, and moral criticism.
The renowned Russian writer Leo Tolstoy created a realistic masterpiecein "Anna Karenina" (1878). In the same work, moreover,he utilized allegory and symbol to an extent and at a level of sophisticationunknown in his other works. In Brownings study, theauthor identifies and analyzes previously unnoticed or only brieflymentioned "linkages and keystones" found in two highly developedclusters of symbols, arising from Annas momentous train ride andpeasant nightmares, and of allegories, rooted in Vronskys disastroussteeplechase. Within a labyrinth of symbol, allegory, and structuralpatterning lies embedded much of the novels most significant meaning.This study will be of particular interest to students and scholarsof Russian literature, Tolstoy, symbol, allegory, structuralism, andmoral criticism.