Interpreting Chekhov’s Prose

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Interpreting Chekhov’s Prose

Name: Interpreting Chekhov’s Prose
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Written by Leonard A. Polakiewicz

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The essays collected in this book constitute a new contribution to our understanding of the originality and significance of Chekhov’s prose. A close textual analysis of his work is provided, and especially of previously neglected works—some long overdue for in-depth investigation—that Chekhov himself rightfully considered to be masterpieces. Analysis of both these and other previously analyzed works offers a new interpretation which contrasts with those offered by previous Chekhov scholars.

Works examined include those dealing with Chekhov’s astonishingly accurate and artistic portrayal of a wide variety of illnesses—without the use of any medical terms. These works are shown to be not mere “clinical studies,” but genuine, impressive works of art. The author, who suffered half of his life from tuberculosis, effectively portrayed many characters afflicted with this disease which was incurable at the time. Many of these works reveal an indisputable symbiosis of the doctor and the artist. Chekhov maintained that “in Goethe the poet lived amicably side by side with the scientist”—a fitting description of him as well.

Doctors, the most frequently portrayed characters in Chekhov’s oeuvre are appropriately subjected to extensive analysis, as are the themes of fate and death and dying that figure so prominently in Chekhov’s work. Attention is accorded to imaginative fictional works dealing with philosophy and the theme of crime and punishment, as well as The Island of Sakhalin, a narrative of non-fictional sociological content.

Leonard A. Polakiewicz, Horace T. Morse Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, has published on Chekhov, Dostoevsky, and Czesław Miłosz and is the author of three Polish language textbooks as well as the principal author of Polish Language Learning Framework (Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences). He is a grantee of Fulbright-Hays from the Department of Education and USIA which enabled him to establish and direct Academic Linkages between University of Minnesota and universities in Russia and Poland. He taught Russian and Polish language and literature at U of M for forty-five years. He has received many teaching and service awards in his field, including but not limited to the National Teacher of the Year from the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages and the Cavalier’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.

ISBN-13: 9798887195667
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Imprint: Academic Studies Press
Publication date: 9 July 2024
Format: Hardback
Pages: 432
Dimensions: 234 x 156 mm
Language: English