The Concept of Order and Its Realization in the Genre Tradition of Old Russia Cover Image

Идея порядка и её воплощение в жанровой традиции Древней Руси
The Concept of Order and Its Realization in the Genre Tradition of Old Russia

Author(s): Aleksandr Šunkov
Subject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Social history
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: genre; Russian medieval literature; ceremonial and artistic texts

Summary/Abstract: The article considers the problem of the creation and evolution of aspecific genre ofmedieval Russian literature – order (a description of court ceremonial). The article identifiesthe origins of the genre form, its artistic and aesthetic basis, analyzes the evolution of theRussian publishing tradition of book of the 12–17th centuries. Particular attention is drawnto the existence of the called genre forms in the Russian court culture of the 1650s, the era ofthe reign of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich.

  • Issue Year: 1/2012
  • Issue No: XIV
  • Page Range: 193-201
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Russian