Russian literature
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈrʌʃən ˈlɪtərətʃər/
:
literatura rusa
- Many students are fascinated by Russian literature and often choose it as their major.
- century of Russian literature
He's talking about Russian literature and then he talks about Turgenyev and this long article called Trotman's Execution.
- He's talking about Russian literature and then he talks about Turgenyev and this long article called Trotman's Execution.
- would make me memorize this Russian literature that I did not appreciate at five years old. It was very difficult and I didn't know what it meant,
- And I'll ever say this pair that translate Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, just this famous pair that translate most of Russian literature to English.
Examples
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The theme of unfulfilled love is very typical of Russian literature, too.
Academic text (2003) -
My research is focused on the rise of interest in Russian literature in the United States in the late 19th century.
Academic text (2003) -
I am a specialist in Russian literature and culture.
Academic text (1992) -
For years, she had taught Russian literature in translation.
Fiction book (2000) -
She'll get her Ph.D. in Russian literature without question.
Fiction book (1993) -
I will argue that, at least in the Russian literature I fancy, isolation is the dominating theme.
Blog text (17) -
However, we must include in our study of his works his indebtedness to and affinity with Russian literature and culture.
Academic text (1992) -
Allen's ties in this film to nineteenth-century Russian literature are strong.
Academic text (1992) -
Allen's ongoing commentaries on the war between intellect and life's irrational forces are familiar to the readers of Russian literature.
Academic text (1992) -
The themes of existentialism and morality are prevalent in Russian literature.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'Russian' (relating to Russia) with 'literature' (novels, poems, plays), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it refers to literature produced in Russia or by Russian authors. This adjective–noun compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard semantic modification, making the phrase immediately comprehensible to learners.
Etymology
Russian literature means the kind of literature that comes from Russia or is written in the Russian language. So, when people say Russian literature, they mean 'literature from Russia' or work by Russian authors.