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The Literary Fund and the Shaping of the Writer’s Profession in Russia in the Second Half of the 19th Century (with Mikhail Makeev and Discussant Helen Stuhr-Rommereim)

Join us for another 19v seminar! Please note that this talk will be in Russian. Возникновение и работу «Общества для пособия нуждающимся литераторам и ученым» (Литературного фонда) традиционно рассматривают в...

Join us for another 19v seminar! Please note that this talk will be in Russian.

Возникновение и работу «Общества для пособия нуждающимся литераторам и ученым» (Литературного фонда) традиционно рассматривают в аспекте благотворительности, как проявление и доказательства присущих русской литературе и отдельным ее представителям гуманности и милосердия. Полезным представляется, однако, и другой угол зрения на эту организацию: как на институт, возникший в результате фундаментальной трансформации поля литературы в России, формирования литератору как профессии. Изучение повседневной практики Литературного фонда позволяет увидеть, как меняется, даже практически заново вырабатывается понимание того, что такое писатель, в чем смысл и ценность его работы.

The emergence and the work of the "Society for the Aid of Writers and Scholars in Need” (The Literary Fund) are traditionally seen in terms of charity, that is as the manifestation and demonstration of the humanity and charity inherent in Russian literature and in its individual representatives. It is useful, however, to examine the Literary Fund from yet another perspective, namely as an institution whose appearance results from a fundamental transformation of the literary field in Russia: the formation of the writer's profession. Examining the daily activities of the Literary Fund allows us to see changes in (and even thorough reformulations of) contemporary understandings of what a writer is and where the meaning or value of his or her work lies.

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