V. POSITIVE VS. NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF CHARACTERIZATION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. PREFACE 7
3. CONTENTS 9
4. LIST OF TABLES 15
5. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 16
6. INTRODUCTION 19
7. PART ONE: ALIENATION IN THE PRIOR RUSSIAN LITERARY TRADITION
8. I. LITERARY PRECEDENTS: PRE-SOVIET 27
9. II. LITERARY PRECEDENTS: SOVIET 63
10. PART TWO: IDENTIFICATION OF THE ALIENATED HERO IN SOVIET PROSE FICTION OF THE FIRST 'THAW' DECADE
11. III. SURVEY AND SELECTION 79
12. IV. SOURCES OF THE HERO'S ALIENATION: RECURRING ARENAS OF CONFLICT AND UNDERLYING THEMES 91
13. PART THREE: THE 'THAW' HERO AS AN OBJECT OF PRAISE AND / OR DERISION
14. V. POSITIVE VS. NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF CHARACTERIZATION 115
15. PART FOUR: THE 'THAW' HERO AS BOTH THE OUTGROWTH OF A PRIOR LITERARY TRADITION AND A DISTINCTLY NEW CHARACTER CREATION
16. VI. LITERARY POLITICS AND THE SOVIET 'THAW' 245
17. VII. CONCLUDING ANALYSIS 269
18. APPENDICES 293
19. BIBLIOGRAPHY 387
20. INDEX OF AUTHORS, CRITICS AND TITLES OF FICTION 401