Iurii Tynianov

Alexandra Smith (University of Edinburgh)

Ed. by Neil Cornwell, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.2.00: Post-1917 Writing and Culture in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, 1917-present.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

Dates

Born 18 Oct 1894
Died 20 Dec 1943
Activity 1915-1943

Places

Born in Russia
Active in Russia

Activities

Primary

Literary Critic/ Historian
Literary Theorist
Translator

Other

Novelist

Resources

Tynianov's Works

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Iurii Tynianov, one of the most significant representatives of the Formalist school, influenced many prominent literary and cultural studies theorists of the twentieth-century including Georg Lukács, Tzvetan Todorov, Iurii Lotman and Lidiia Ginzburg. His main contributions to Russian literary theory include his books

Problemy stikhotvornogo iazyka

[

The Problem of Verse Language

, 1924],

Arkhaisty i novatory

[

Archaists and Innovators

, 1929] and

Poetika. Istoriia literatury. Kino

[

Poetics. Literary History. Cinema,

1977]. Tynianov was especially interested in Russian and European Romanticism and in Peter the Great’s legacy in Russia. Yet his pioneering writings on montage and the role of parody in literary evolution are firmly rooted in the intellectual and cultural developments of…

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Citation: Smith, Alexandra. "Iurii Tynianov". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 10 April 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4495, accessed 22 November 2024.]