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Cлово "UNITED"
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Часть текста: was conceived not only for “metalinguistics” or speech theory, but also as an instrument for literary analysis. In the past twenty years, however, the theory of speech genres has been developed mainly in the field of linguistics, where the principal object of study is not literary language. Drawing upon the work of linguists, this Bakhtinian critical study has therefore been undertaken with the goal of “returning” speech theory to the study of literature. A new typology of speech genres is presented that seeks to unite Bakhtin’s theory with Roman Jakobson’s model of communication and the functions of language. This thesis contends that authors understand the nature of communication in different ways, a specificity that can be extended to literary movements or even to whole cultural epochs. My hypothesis has been examined in relation to Chekhov’s understanding of communication, as it is revealed in his texts, together with that of some of his predecessors in classical Russian literature (Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky). Studies of communication in Chekhov have, in general, been limited to single stories and plays, or to a small sample of his work. This study examines over three-hundred and fifty Chekhov texts,...
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Часть текста: as to copyright protection, the American publishers have a legal right to publish translations from the Russian without any remuneration to the author of the original. Being connected with several of the largest and thoroughly reliable book-publishing firms, I am in a position to arrange that you shall get a royalty of about 15% on your new novel, if you send me either a copy or proofsheets of the manuscript, so that I could translate the novel and have it published here at the same time it is published in Russia. In that case alone can the translation be copyrighted in this country. If necessary, I should be glad to furnish to you the most reliable references either through the Russian or the American consul. I write this note in the hope that you will look upon my suggestion in the proper light and I beg to assure you that your interests will be properly represented. As to the translation, I can promise you that it will be done carefully, conscientiously, thoroughly. I have already translated a number of your short stories, such as “The Incased Man”, and “The Peasants”, also Tolstoy’s “Ressurection” and Gorky’s “Foma Gordeyev”, a copy of which has been forwarded to you by current mail. I am also writing original stories. You would greatly oblige me by sending me a brief outline or synopsis of your new novel. Hoping for a favorable reply from you, I am, With highest regards and best wishes, Very respectfully yours, Herman...