Intelligentsia and autobiographical practices in Russia: A. Herzen’s My Past and Thoughts

Authors

  • Giuliana Almeida Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-4765.rus.2020.168773

Keywords:

Autobiographies, Intelligentsia, Herzen

Abstract

Autobiography is a historical genre. In Russia, where substantial historical transformations coexisted with a group too sensitive to history (the intelligentsia), autobiographical tradition has become considerably deep and strong. This article aims to examine the Russian autobiographical tradition and examine one of its founding texts: A. Herzen’s My Past and Thoughts.

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Author Biography

  • Giuliana Almeida, Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas

    Bacharel em História, Mestre e Doutora em Letras pelo programa de Literatura e Cultura Russa da Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo. Artigo resultante da Pesquisa “A Rússia na Encruzilhada Autobiográfica: Passado e pensamentos de A. Herzen”, financiado pela Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

References

ELSBERG, Iakov. Herzen - Jizn i tvórtchestvo. Moscou: Khudójestvennaia literatura, 1956.

HERZEN, Alexandre. Passé et Méditations. Presenté, traduit et commenté par Daria Olivier. Lausanne: Éditions L’Age d’Homme, 1974.

HERZEN, Alexandre. Byloie i dumy. In: http://az.lib.ru/g/gercen. Acessado em: 15/02/2018.

HELLBECK, Jochen. “Russian Autobiographical Practice” in (Org.) Hellbeck, Heller. Autobiographical Practices in Russia. Berlim: V&R Unipress, 2004.

MALIA, Martin. Alexander Herzen and the birth of Rusian Socialism. Nova York: The Universal Library, Grosset& Dunlap, 1965.

PAPERNO, Irina. Stories of the Soviet Experience. Memoirs, Diaries, Dreams. Ithaca e Londres: Cornell University Press, 2009.

SZAMUELY, Tibor. La Tradition russe. Paris: Éditions Stock pour la Traduction Française, 1976.

Published

2020-09-25

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Section

Artigos

How to Cite

Almeida, G. (2020). Intelligentsia and autobiographical practices in Russia: A. Herzen’s My Past and Thoughts. RUS (Sao Paulo), 11(16), 282-295. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-4765.rus.2020.168773