Article

Name: The Elements of Ornamental Prose in the Works of Venedikt Matveev (Mart). “Martelias. Stories of My Death”

Authors: Ivan S. Poltoratsky

Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

In the section The Plot, Motive, Genre

Abstract:

Venedikt Matveev (Mart) is a prominent figure in the literature of the Far Eastern Russian emigration. His cycle of ornamental miniatures (“martelias”) “The Story of My Death” reflects the original features of the new mythopoetic thinking corresponding to the modern-ist literature of the early 20th century. In this article we analyze avant-garde compositional and stylistic techniques employed in these short stories in the historical and theoretical context.

Keywords: Venedikt Mart, Far Eastern emigration, martelia, narratology, ornamental prose, Vladivos-tok, Harbin

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