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It is human nature to want to fit in. The lengths people have gone to do so have provided creative minds with material for centuries. This book explores the consequences of being marked an outsider in the Russian-speaking world through a close study of several seminal works of Russian literature. The author combines the fields of literary studies, linguistics, and sociology to illuminate what prompted Christof Ruhl, an economist at the World Bank, to comment, about Russia, “On a very broad scale, it’s a country where people care about their family and friends. Their clan. But not their society.”



Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Note on Transliteration

Introduction: Fitting in Russian Style
1. The Crux of the Svoj/Chuzhoj Opposition
2. Making Svoj/Chuzhoj Divisive in Alexander Griboedov’s “Woe from Wit”
3. “Woe from Wit” as Social Gospel
4. The Demons are Social

Demons

The Setting
The Plot
The Audience and the Stage
The Opposition
Verkhovensky
A Stranger’s Sins
The First Argument
The Second Argument
The Duel
At Our People’s
The Murder of Shatov

In Place of a Conclusion

Bibliography

Primary Sources
Secondary Sources


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      Publisher Academic Studies Press
      Published 29 December 2022
      ISBN-13 9798887190952
      979-8887190952
      ISBN-10 9798887190952
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      It is human nature to want to fit in. The lengths people have gone to do so have provided creative minds with material for centuries. This book explores the consequences of being marked an outsider in the Russian-speaking world through a close study of several seminal works of Russian literature. The author combines the fields of literary studies, linguistics, and sociology to illuminate what prompted Christof Ruhl, an economist at the World Bank, to comment, about Russia, “On a very broad scale, it’s a country where people care about their family and friends. Their clan. But not their society.”



      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements
      Note on Transliteration

      Introduction: Fitting in Russian Style
      1. The Crux of the Svoj/Chuzhoj Opposition
      2. Making Svoj/Chuzhoj Divisive in Alexander Griboedov’s “Woe from Wit”
      3. “Woe from Wit” as Social Gospel
      4. The Demons are Social

      Demons

      The Setting
      The Plot
      The Audience and the Stage
      The Opposition
      Verkhovensky
      A Stranger’s Sins
      The First Argument
      The Second Argument
      The Duel
      At Our People’s
      The Murder of Shatov

      In Place of a Conclusion

      Bibliography

      Primary Sources
      Secondary Sources


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