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2. 1. The Petersburg Text of Russian Cinema in Perestroika and Post-Perestroika Eras

   Author : Natalia Bratova; Ryska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; The myth of the city; Petersburg myth; Petersburg text; carnivalisation; Russian cinema; perestroika cinema; city in cinema; Bakhtin; Toporov;

   Abstract : In order to examine contemporary Russian cinema, this thesis has two points of departure: firstly the Petersburg myth, which is here defined as reversible or ambiguous since it includes both an eschatological and a cosmogonic aspect; and secondly, the Petersburg literary text as defined in works by Vladimir Toporov. During the twentieth century, the vitality and actuality of the Petersburg myth was questioned both in literature and in theoretical works. READ MORE