Outlining a historical evolution of the 20th century Russian literary theory associated with the Philological Faculty of the Moscow University and often debating various Western approaches such as post-structuralism or deconstruction, the article attempts to identify the premises of Russian theory by highlighting its analytical preoccupation inspired by such theorists as Mikhail Bakhtin or Valery Tyupa. The analytical approach resulted in theories concerning communication strategies of the literary text, which in turn, resulted in the emergence of various narratologial and neo-rhetorical theories.
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No. 31 (2015)
Published: 2015-11-15