A Plurilingual Analysis of Four Russian-American Autobiographies

Cournos, Nabokov, Berberova, Shteyngart

By (author) Michele Russo

Book cover: A Plurilingual Analysis of Four Russian-American Autobiographies

Extent: 137 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: American Studies, Language & Linguistics, Slavic Studies

Language: English

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(September 2020)

ISBN: 9783847112013

6.1 x 9.06 inches

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Focusing on the connection between emigration and bilingualism/trilingualism, this volume analyzes the cultural and linguistic passage of Cournos (1881-1966), Nabokov (1899-1977), Berberova (1901-1993) and Shteyngart (*1972). Such passage from Russian to English is examined from linguistic, narratological and sociological perspectives. The combination of languages originates in Cournos’s autobiography and stands out in Nabokov’s and Shteyngart’s texts. The volume offers an analysis of Berberova’s implicit bilingualism as well, represented by the expression of themes and the depiction of multilingual contexts pertaining to emigration.

Focusing on the connection between emigration and bilingualism/trilingualism, this volume analyzes the cultural and linguistic passage of four American writers with Russian origins: Cournos (1881-1966), Nabokov (1899-1977), Berberova (1901-1993), Shteyngart (*1972). Such passage from the source language, Russian, to the target language, English, is examined from linguistic, narratological and sociological perspectives. The combination of languages originates in Cournos’s autobiography and stands out in Nabokov’s and Shteyngart’s texts. The volume offers an insightful analysis of Berberova’s implicit bilingualism as well, represented by the expression of themes and the depiction of multilingual contexts pertaining to emigration.

  • By (author) Michele Russo

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