Iurii Tynianov

Alexandra Smith (University of Edinburgh)

Ed. by Neil Cornwell, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.2.00: Post-1917 Writing and Culture in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, 1917-present.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

Dates

Born 18 Oct 1894
Died 20 Dec 1943
Activity 1915-1943

Places

Born in Russia
Active in Russia

Activities

Primary

Literary Critic/ Historian
Literary Theorist
Translator

Other

Novelist

Resources

Iurii Tynianov, one of the most significant representatives of the Formalist school, influenced many prominent literary and cultural studies theorists of the twentieth-century including Georg Lukács, Tzvetan Todorov, Iurii Lotman and Lidiia Ginzburg. His main contributions to Russian literary theory include his books Problemy stikhotvornogo iazyka [The Problem of Verse Language, 1924], Arkhaisty i novatory [Archaists and Innovators, 1929] and Poetika. Istoriia literatury. Kino [Poetics. Literary History. Cinema, 1977]. Tynianov was especially …

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Citation: Smith, Alexandra. "Iurii Tynianov". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 10 April 2006 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4495, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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