Russian literature

literature of Russia and in Russian language

book where Lenin analyzes the state as a necessary instrument of the communist party during the dictatorship of the proletariat

book by Vladimir Lenin

stock character; an individual, perhaps talented and capable, who does not fit into social norms

short story by Ivan Turgenev

'''''' () are the linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation of Russian Cubo-Futurist poets such as Velimir Khlebnikov and Aleksei Kruchenykh. Zaum is a non-referential phonetic entity with its own ontology. The language consists of neologisms that mean nothing. Zaum is a language organized through phonetic analogy and rhythm. Zaum literature cannot contain any onomatopoeia or psychopathological states.

Skaz () is a Russian oral form of narrative. The word comes from skazátʹ, "to tell", and is also related to such words as rasskaz, "short story" and skazka, "fairy tale". The speech makes use of dialect and slang in order to take on the persona of a particular character. The peculiar speech, however, is integrated into the surrounding narrative, and not presented in quotation marks. Skaz is not only a literary device, but is also used as an element in Russian monologue comedy.

building of Literaturnoye Kafe (Saint Petersburg), Russia

organization

fable by Ivan Krylov

type of song in Russia and USSR, usually sang by the lyricist

artistic and philosophical movement

fables by Ivan Krylov

sub-genre

Russian folk or author's fairy tale in folk style

is a short story by Ivan Turgenev, written in 1856 and published in the October issue of the Sovremennik magazine in 1856.