On Anatoli Kim's "Spoiled aphorisms" Cover Image

O "zepsutych aforyzmach" Anatolija Kima
On Anatoli Kim's "Spoiled aphorisms"

Author(s): Katarzyna Jastrzębska, Alicja Mrózek
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Russian contemporary literature; aphorism; maxime; literary genre; motives; Moscow school; Anatoli Andrejewitsch Kim; Anatoli Andreyevich Kim

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns a selected aspect of Anatolij Kim’s works, a Russian prose writer belonging to the so called Moscow school. The authors of the article characterize the style of his writing, exemplifying it on such statements and expressions that can be referred to as the genre of aphorism or maxim. The examples presented in the article derive from both the novel, stories and short stories of the Russian prose writer. Also, in order to illustrate the characteristics of the genres under investigation, aphorisms by Stanisław Jerzy Lec were used in the analysis conducted.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 56-70
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish