Permanent Evolution: Selected Essays on Literature, Theory and Film (Cultural Syllabus)

"Yuri Tynianov was a key figure of Russian Formalism, an intellectual movement in early 20th century Russia that also included Viktor Shklovsky and Roman Jakobson. Tynianov developed a groundbreaking conceptualization of literature as a system within-and in constant interaction with-other cultural and social systems. His essays on Russian literary classics, like Pushkin's Eugene Onegin and works by Dostoevsky and Gogol, as well as on the emerging art form of filmmaking, provide insight into the ways art and literature evolve and adapt new forms of expression. Although Tynianov was first a scholar of Russian literature, his ideas transcend the boundaries of any one genre or national tradition. Permanent Evolution gathers together for the first time Tynianov's seminal articles on literary theory and film, including several articles never before translated into English"-- Provided by publisher Contents Acknowledgements A Note from the Editors-Translators Introduction THEORY THROUGH HISTORY—THEN Dostoevsky and Gogol (Toward a Theory of Parody) (1919/21) Tyutchev and Heine (1921) The Ode as an Oratorical Genre (1922) On the Composition of (1921-22) THEORY THROUGH HISTORY—NOW Literary Fact (1924) Interlude (1924) On Khlebnikov (1928) Film—Word—Music (1924) EVOLUTION IN LITERATURE AND FILM On the Screenplay (1926) On Plot and Fabula in Film (1926) The Foundations of Film (1927) On Literary Evolution (1927) EPILOGUE Problems of the Study of Literature and Language (1928) On FEX (1929) On Mayakovsky. In Memory of the Poet (1930) On Parody (1929) Names and Terms Names Terms Yuri Tynianov: Biographical Note Works cited Index A Key Figure In The Russian Formalist School Of Literary Theory, Yuri Tynianov Sought To Revolutionize--and Liberate--thinking About Literature And The Other Arts. Permanent Evolution Gathers Together For The First Time Tynianov's Seminal Articles On Literary Theory And Film.