Pavel Nikolaevich Medvedev (russian: Па́вел Никола́евич Медве́дев; in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
– 17 July 1938 in
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
) was a Russian literary scholar. He was a professor, social activist, and friend of
Mikhail Bakhtin
Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin ( ; rus, Михаи́л Миха́йлович Бахти́н, , mʲɪxɐˈil mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ bɐxˈtʲin; – 7 March 1975) was a Russian philosopher, literary critic and scholar who worked on literary theor ...
, as well as of
Boris Pasternak
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (; rus, Бори́с Леони́дович Пастерна́к, p=bɐˈrʲis lʲɪɐˈnʲidəvʲɪtɕ pəstɛrˈnak; 30 May 1960) was a Russian poet, novelist, composer and literary translator. Composed in 1917, Pa ...
and
Fyodor Sologub
Fyodor Sologub (russian: Фёдор Сологу́б, born Fyodor Kuzmich Teternikov, russian: Фёдор Кузьми́ч Тете́рников, also known as Theodor Sologub; – 5 December 1927) was a Russian Symbolist poet, novelist, trans ...
. Medvedev held several government posts in education and publishing after the
1917 revolution
The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a socialist form of government ...
, publishing a great deal of his own writing on literary, sociological, and linguistic issues.
[ ] Medvedev was arrested during the 1930s period of purges under the rule of
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secreta ...
, and "disappeared" shortly after his arrest.
He was shot on 17 July 1938.
One of his works, ''The Formal Method in Literary Scholarship'', was believed to be written by his "co-thinker" Bakhtin, using his name to escape censorship. This belief was raised during the 1970s in Russia but developed fully in Clark and Holquist's English biography of Bakhtin of 1984. Now, it is mostly believed that the work was written by Medvedev although influenced by Bakhtin's ideas.
See also
*
Mikhail Bakhtin
Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin ( ; rus, Михаи́л Миха́йлович Бахти́н, , mʲɪxɐˈil mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ bɐxˈtʲin; – 7 March 1975) was a Russian philosopher, literary critic and scholar who worked on literary theor ...
*
Russian Formalism
References
Bibliography
* Yury P. Medvedev, Daria A. Medvedeva
Pavel Medvedev''Gallery of Russian Thinkers... selected Dmitry Olshansky''. Translation by David Shepherd.
The Bakhtin Circle //Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy* Brandist, Craig, ''The Bakhtin Circle: Philosophy, Culture and Politics'' London, Sterling, Virginia: Pluto Press, 2002.
* Brandist, Craig, Shepherd, David, and Tihanov, Galin. The Bakhtin Circle: a timeline. In Brandist, Shepherd and Tihanov (eds), ''The Bakhtin Circle. In the Master’s Absence''. Manchester and New York:
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press is the university press of the University of Manchester, England and a publisher of academic books and journals. Manchester University Press has developed into an international publisher. It maintains its links with th ...
, 2004. , pp. 251–275.
* Medvedev, Iu.P., and Medvedeva, D.A. The scholarly legacy of Pavel Medvedev in the light of his dialogue with Bakhtin. In Craig Brandist, David Shepherd and Galin Tihanov (eds), ''The Bakhtin Circle: In the Master’s Absence''. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2004. , pp. 24–43.
*Medvedev, Iu.P., An Encounter that was 'Intended to be' // Dialogism (An International Journal of Bakhtin Studies). London – N.Y. 2002. Nos. 5&6, pp. 10–20.
1892 births
1938 deaths
Writers from Saint Petersburg
20th-century Russian male writers
20th-century philologists
Soviet literary historians
Soviet male writers
Russian philologists
Russian formalism
Academic staff of Herzen University
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