On Literary Evolution (1927)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. A Note from the Editors-Translators xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part One. THEORY THROUGH HISTORY—THEN
7. Dostoevsky and Gogol (Toward a Theory of Parody) (1919/21) 27
8. Tyutchev and Heine (1921) 64
9. The Ode as an Oratorical Genre (1922) 77
10. On the Composition of Eugene Onegin (1921–22) 114
11. Part Two. THEORY THROUGH HISTORY—NOW
12. Literary Fact (1924) 153
13. Interlude (1924) 173
14. On Khlebnikov (1928) 217
15. Film—Word—Music (1924) 230
16. Part Three. EVOLUTION IN LITERATURE AND FILM
17. On the Screenplay (1926) 237
18. On Plot and Fabula in Film (1926) 240
19. The Foundations of Film (1927) 242
20. On Literary Evolution (1927) 267
21. Part Four. EPILOGUE
22. Problems of the Study of Literature and Language (1928) 285
23. On FEX (1929) 289
24. On Mayakovsky. In Memory of the Poet (1930) 293
25. On Parody (1929) 294
26. Appendix 329
27. Works cited 348
28. Index 353