Russian Final
Category: Other
Updated: 15 Dec 2019
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Created byAlyssa Castronuovo
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"The Dragon" (Shvarts)"Viy" (Gogol)"The Tale of Tsar Saltan [Story]" (Pushkin)"The Tale of Tales" (Norstein)Periods
Nikolai Vasilyevich GogolEvgeny ShvartsPost-Russian Revolution: Modernist and avant-garde movements emergedWWII: Harsher Stalinist regime, "the purges," lots of censorshipStalinist view: Fairytales as utopianAleksandr PushkinNikolai Rimsky-KorsakovIgor Stravinsky (Korsakov's Pupil)Art Nouveau Style ProminentIvan Yakolevich BilibinYuri NorsteinDestruction of fairytales as utopian, nostalgia and optimism out of melancholyProminence of Soviet Mass Culture: use of entertainment as a political tool; optimismFolklore about escapism, savagery, not about nostalgic past where things were simpler
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