Z.N. Gippius’s Letters to F.A. Chervinsky

Literary Fact ◽

10.22455/2541-8297-2021-19-61-107 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 61-107

Author(s):

Alexander L. Sobolev

Keyword(s):

Fairy Tale ◽

Psychological Experiment ◽

Self Reflection ◽

Contemporary Writers

The publication introduces 33 letters of the 1890s from Z.N. Gippius to the writer, poet and playwright, St. Petersburg lawyer F.A. Chervinsky. Gippius’s short romance with Chervinsky, as happened with her other heartfelt passions, provoked an intense epistolary dialogue, avoiding, however, direct expression and self-reflection of feelings. Gippius's letters are dominated by playing and light coquetry, full of hints and provocations, and the life romance itself is built by her as a tense psychological experiment. Their relationship in 1892 –1893 found reflection in the works of both participants — in Gippius's fairy tale “Time” and Chervinsky's story “Sylphide”, typical examples of modernist interrelation of literature and life. At the same time, the letters are interesting for the details of literary events reported in them, for the characteristics of a number of contemporary writers — N. Minsky, D. Merezhkovsky, A.P. Chekhov and other common acquaintances.

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Etoev, A. and Krusanov, P., eds. (2018). How we write. Writers on literature, time, and themselves. Moscow: Azbuka-Attikus. (In Russ.)

Voprosy literatury ◽

10.31425/0042-8795-2020-6-274-279 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 274-279

Author(s):

A. N. Timofeev

Keyword(s):

General Description ◽

Self Reflection ◽

Internal Logic ◽

Literary Process ◽

Contemporary Writers ◽

The Difference

A review of the collection How We Write. Writers on Literature, Time, and Themselves [Kak my pishem. Pisateli o literature, vremeni i o sebe] published by Azbuka-Attikus in 2018. The reviewer analyzes the difference in approach to compiling the material for the reviewed collection and its ‘original’ of the same name initiated by Eugene Zamyatin and published in 1930. The author provides a general description of essays in the collection, produced by contemporary writers. He singles out authors whose self-reflection transcends into an aesthetic dimension. Several internal plots of the collection are identified: ‘I and literature,’ ‘I and time,’ and the writer and a multicultural situation. Noted is the disparity on the artistic level among the essays by different contributors. The reviewer concludes that, rather than representing a consistent statement defined by an internal logic and purpose, the collection attempts to cover the entirety of the contemporary literary process and showcase its diversity.

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‘NARRATIVE ABOUT THE AUTHOR’ AND THE PROBLEM OF WRITERS’ SELF-IDENTIFICATION IN MODERN LITERARY PROCESS

Вестник Пермского университета Российская и зарубежная филология ◽

10.17072/2073-6681-2021-1-109-118 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 109-118

Author(s):

Elena A. Selyutina ◽

Keyword(s):

Second Order ◽

Creative Work ◽

Direct Speech ◽

Self Reflection ◽

The Public ◽

Different Types ◽

Literary Process ◽

Contemporary Writers ◽

Narrative Framework ◽

The Way

The research is devoted to the analysis of the ‘narrative about the author’ in interviews with contemporary writers. Modern literary process is characterized by reconfiguration and reevaluation of the writerreader- text system. The author’s persona, their direct speech intended for different types of readership are coming to the fore. In interviews, a special ‘narrative about the author’ (self-identification as a writer) is formed. The author of the article comes to a conclusion that writers are faced with the necessity of public self-reflection, self-commenting, i. e. creation of a metatext – a second-order text about one's own creative work; they become self-interpreters, gaining the ability to influence the reader's perception vectors, while shifting from the sphere of the sacred to the sphere of consumption. Text as a communication act ceases to be alienated from the author (the author-text-reader relationship becomes horizontal), the reader perceives the work through the model of personality that the writer has presented to the public. It is necessary to study the author's narrative of self-representation as a system of voluntary or repressive conventions adopted by the author (narrative framework), restrictions imposed by the author on themselves, and ways of their representation, taking into account the problem of verification of this self-representation. The way the ‘narrative about the author’ is arranged is determined by many factors; the description of those can serve as an illustration of the dynamics of modern writers’ views on the essence of literary creativity and the mission of the writer in the time of literary centrality coming to collapse. The study of the ‘narrative about the author’ is relevant in the context of understanding the complexity of determining the main artistic trends of the present time. The research is based on the material of interviews with the writer E. Vodolazkin devoted to his novel Lavr.

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Outcomes: Promoting Reflective Practice Using Performance Indicator Questionnaires

Perspectives on Administration and Supervision ◽

10.1044/aas20.2.64 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 64-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mary Pat McCarthy

Keyword(s):

Clinical Education ◽

Performance Indicator ◽

Clinical Skills ◽

Self Assessment ◽

Clinical Practicum ◽

Self Reflection ◽

Healthcare Settings ◽

Language Pathology ◽

Traditional Performance ◽

The University

This article details the process of self-reflection applied to the use of traditional performance indicator questionnaires. The study followed eight speech-language pathology graduate students enrolled in clinical practicum in the university, school, and healthcare settings over a period of two semesters. Results indicated when reflection was focused on students' own clinical skills, modifications to practice were implemented. Results further concluded self-assessment using performance indicators paired with written reflections can be a viable form of instruction in clinical education.

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