Passion, Humiliation, Revenge

Hatred in Man-Woman Relationships in the 19th and 20th Century Russian Novel

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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This book reveals the phenomenon in Russian prose in which a male protagonist finds himself perpetuating a cycle of passion, humiliation, and revenge within his relationships with women. By examining the mental and emotional state of the male protagonist who finds himself in a sexual situation, Rina Lapidus explores how his passion for a woman leads the man into an encounter that causes him humiliation and ends up eliciting a powerful desire on his part to punish the woman who initially arouses his erotic feeling. The male protagonist directs his fury at the woman, seeking vengeance because of the shame he has suffered. Lapidus shows how the man sees himself as a highly spiritual being and finds it difficult to comes to terms with his sexual nature. The author argues that this denial of desire leads the man to take out his frustration with himself on the woman, projecting all of his faults and guilt onto her. When the woman brings the male protagonist low, his thirst for revenge becomes a powerful driving force in his life that eventually brings about his downfall. This book will be of interest to those studying in the areas of Russian literature, psychology, and gender studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2008-09-05
Mått160 x 241 x 18 mm
Vikt408 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor182
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739127476

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Chapter 1 Table of ContentsChapter 2 DedicationChapter 3 Introduction: The Aim and Structure of the BookChapter 4 1. The Evolution of Attitudes toward Women in Russian LiteratureChapter 5 2. Spiritual and Physical Murder Between Man and Woman: Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and ChekhovChapter 6 3. Woman as Sexual Predator: Tolstoy, Zoschenko, and TrifonovChapter 7 4. Woman's Infidelity as the Cause for Man's Devastation: Tolstoy v. Flaubert, Leskov, Turgenev, Kuprin, and ChekhovChapter 8 5. Anxiety about the Strong Woman: Turgenev, Leskov, BulgakovChapter 9 6. Surrogate for the Man-Woman Relations in the Post-War Soviet Literature: Vasilyiev, Grossman, and RasputinChapter 10 7. Eunuch as Hero in the Late-Soviet andPerestroika Literature: Dovlatov, Nagibin, and PolyakovChapter 11 8. Man as an Object in Literature by Women: Shcherbakvoa, Rubina, Ulitskaya, Petrushevskaya, and GrekovaChapter 12 Conclusion: Sex an an Animal Act beyond ComprehensionChapter 13 BibliographyChapter 14 Index