Riku Toivola
University of Helsinki, Department of Modern Languages, Department Member
Book Review on: Methodology and practices of Russian formalism: papers of the 2nd Osip Brik International Colloquium – a linguistic and interdisciplinary conference held at the Ivan Fedorov Moscow State University of Printing Arts March... more
Book Review on: Methodology and practices of Russian formalism: papers of the 2nd Osip Brik International Colloquium – a linguistic and interdisciplinary conference held at the Ivan Fedorov Moscow
State University of Printing Arts March 20–23, 2013 [Методология и практика русского формализма: Материалы международной научной конференции “II Бриковские чтения: Методология и практика русского формализма”Московский государственный университет печати имени Ивана Федорова Москва, 20–23 марта 2013 года], edited by G. V. Vekshin, Moscow, Azbukovnik, 2014, 679 pp., 1100 rubles (pbk), ISBN 978-5-91172-101-5
This collection of articles, presented at the second Osip Brik International Colloquium (Ivan Fedorov Moscow State University of Printing Arts, 20–23 March 2013), introduces a wide variety of topics pertaining to questions of Russian Formalism. Although the conference wasdedicated to the memory of Osip Maksimovich Brik (1888–1945), this by no means restricted its scope. Instead, departing from Brik’s own research on poetic language, the volume touches upon a wide variety of topics, focusing particularly on the ‘articulated’ or ‘pronounced’ word.
State University of Printing Arts March 20–23, 2013 [Методология и практика русского формализма: Материалы международной научной конференции “II Бриковские чтения: Методология и практика русского формализма”Московский государственный университет печати имени Ивана Федорова Москва, 20–23 марта 2013 года], edited by G. V. Vekshin, Moscow, Azbukovnik, 2014, 679 pp., 1100 rubles (pbk), ISBN 978-5-91172-101-5
This collection of articles, presented at the second Osip Brik International Colloquium (Ivan Fedorov Moscow State University of Printing Arts, 20–23 March 2013), introduces a wide variety of topics pertaining to questions of Russian Formalism. Although the conference wasdedicated to the memory of Osip Maksimovich Brik (1888–1945), this by no means restricted its scope. Instead, departing from Brik’s own research on poetic language, the volume touches upon a wide variety of topics, focusing particularly on the ‘articulated’ or ‘pronounced’ word.
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Russian culture of the early 20th Century witnessed several cases of such interaction, where a work of art turned into a “manuscript”, or a “text” for life, according to which the artist would consciously create a myth or a presentation... more
Russian culture of the early 20th Century witnessed several cases of such interaction, where a work of art turned into a “manuscript”, or a “text” for life, according to which the artist would consciously create a myth or a presentation of the self: the strong correlation of life and production, both organised according to the same rules. Taking his cue from the vanguard artists of the “Silver Age”, Alexander Vertinskii (1889 - 1957) crafted his own image consciously and schematically in his writings and performances, as well as in the presentation of his personal life beyond the stage. The contradictory mask of Pierrot was a constant image throughout his artistic life.