Peterburgskiĭ tekst
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Serie Памятники отечественной науки. XX век
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The book describes the so-called Petersburg text, a notion introduced by the structuralist movement during the second half of the 20th century, which relies to a great degree on the 19th century Russian literary tradition from Pushkin to Dostoevsky. The image and myth of St. Petersburg represented in the Petersburg Text is conceived of as a whole, a single text comprised of a corpus of independent texts, which in various aspects defines the way St. Petersburg / Leningrad is perceived and remythologised in 20th century Russian literature. According to the Petersburg Text, St. Petersburg is a dualistic, demonic city in which the fate of the city reflects not only the fate of its individual citizen, but also that of Russia, Europe and the world at large.
