Thesis--Gothenburg. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-169).

Th. Ph. D.--Philosophy--Stockholm University, 2000. / Bibliogr. p. 143-155. Index.

Diss.--Lett.--Ann Arbor (Mich.)--University of Michigan, 1996. / Bibliogr. p. 291-329. Notes bibliogr.

Thesis (doctoral)--Stockholm, 1984. / Summary in English. Errata slip inserted. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (doctoral)--Stockholm, 1984. / Summary in English. Errata slip inserted. Includes bibliographical references.

This study investigates the process of creation in Boris Pasternak's Doktor Îivago (1957), both as depicted in and as realized by the novel. Statements on art, on literature in general and on specific texts are found to have a bearing on the novel itself, thus providing clues to its own poetics and philosophy of art. Ch. 1 examines the protagonist's understanding of art as dopisyvanie, or 'continuational writing.' This notion is applied to the relationship between Doktor Îivago and the Book of Revelation. One text appears to proceed from another as a continuation involving creative distortions. Such a manner of writing creates a literary continuum corresponding to the sensation of wholeness inherent in Pasternak. Ch. 2 examines the main hero's own creative activity, viewed as a process of articulation stretching throughout the novel. The analysis shows that writing is persistently modeled as painting: the semantics of the Russian word for painting, Ïivopis' ('life-writ'), is in various ways exploited narratively in the work. Ch. 3 provides a case study of the novel's 'continuation' of another literary work: Dostoevskij's The Brothers Karamazov. Convergences on the level of character description and plot form a background to thematic lines of pertinence to both novels: the protagonists' articulation of a mute word as an "answer to death," the notion of immortality as "life in others," the memory theme conveyed by the image of the slanting rays of the setting sun. Ch. 4 shows how the biological notion of mimicry connects with the implicit aesthetic discussion in Doktor Îivago. Mimicry appears as an image of the essence and existential mode of art, comprising some of the features analyzed in the previous chapters: the novel's relationship with other texts, the relationship between its poetry and prose sections and the question of its genre. Finally it is suggested that the forest serves as a stage for the demonstration of constitutive features of the novel's poetics and philosophy of art.

Thesis (D. Phil)--Stockholm University. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-155) and index.

Denna studie undersöker och belyser sambanden mellan ryske författaren Boris Pasternaks erhållande av Nobelpriset i litteratur (1958) och spridningen av dennes författarskap. Syftet med studien är dels att definiera Nobelprisets roll som kulturspridare, men också att problematisera kulturprisers komplexa funktioner och inflytande över kulturell produktion. För att göra detta har två områden analyserats: Pasternaks utgivning på svenska samt dennes förekomst i svensk dagspress mellan 1953–2013.   I analysen påvisas Nobelprisets starka konsekrerande effekt på ett författarskap såväl som prisets förmåga att på lång sikt kanonisera en författare. I enlighet med Englishs teori om hur kulturpriser verkar som medium för kapitalutbyte, framgår det också i analysen hur flera involverade intressenter kapitaliserat på Pasternaks pris genom att växla in kulturellt, ekonomiskt och medialt kapital. I analysen förtydligas dessutom hur kulturprisapparaten skapar och förstärker kulturellt värde, och hur dess inflytande därmed inte inskränker sig till den kulturella scenen utan också har möjligheten att påverka den allmänna politiska opinionen. / This study explores and sheds light upon the relations between Russian author Boris Pasternak’s Nobel Prize in Literature (1958) and the subsequent proliferation of his authorship. The study’s aim is partly to define the Nobel Prize and its role as a distributor of culture, but also to problematize the complex nature of cultural prizes and their influence over cultural production. In order to do this two areas have been analysed: Pasternak’s publication in Swedish and his occurrence in Swedish daily press between 1953–2013.   The analysis exemplifies the strong consecrating power of the Nobel prize, as well as its ability to, in a longer perspective, solidify an author into a literary canon. In line with English’s theory on how cultural prizes have come to serve as forums for capital intraconversion, it is also evident in Pasternak’s example how several of the involved parties have capitalized on the prize by trading cultural, economic and medial capital. Furthermore, the analysis concretizes how the cultural prize apparatus produces and reinforces cultural value, and consequently not only influences the cultural scene, but also has the potential to sway public political opinion.

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Магистерская работа "Цветаева о Пастернаке: миф о поэте" предназначена для раскрытия понимания творчества и личности Бориса Пастернака в сознании Марины Цветаевой. Объектом исследования работы является "эпистолярный роман" поэтов, а так же циклы стихов Цветаевой, посвященные Борису Пастернаку. / Magistro darbas „Cvetajeva apie Pasternaką: mitas apie poetą“ skirtas atskleisti Boriso Pasternako asmenybės ir kūrybos suvokimą Marinos Cvetajevos sąmonėje. Darbe analizuojamas Cvetajevos ir Pasternako „epistolinis romanas“ o taip pat Cvetajevos eilių ciklai, skirtieji Borisui Pasternakui. / Magister's work "Cvetajeva about Pasternak: the myth about the poet" is up to reveal a conception of Boris Pasternak's personality and oeuvre. Here is analysed Cvetajeva's and Pasternak's "epistolary novel" as also Cvetajeva's poesy that were sacred to Pasternak.