On the sociology of literary scandal

In real literary life, a scandal is a quite familiar, if not an everyday, element, but the literary science neither analyzes it nor includes the term “scandal” in its categorical apparatus. The article attempts to demonstrate that scandal is a normal element of the literary system that plays an impo...

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Autor principal: Abram Reitblat
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Publicado: Russian Academy of Sciences. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature 2019
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f527a7d9d8d44f36be0c6693a11a60452021-11-23T11:01:43ZOn the sociology of literary scandal10.22455/2541-8297-2019-13-161-1822541-82972542-2421https://doaj.org/article/f527a7d9d8d44f36be0c6693a11a60452019-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://litfact.ru/images/2019-13/LF-2019-3-13_161-182_Reitblat.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2541-8297https://doaj.org/toc/2542-2421In real literary life, a scandal is a quite familiar, if not an everyday, element, but the literary science neither analyzes it nor includes the term “scandal” in its categorical apparatus. The article attempts to demonstrate that scandal is a normal element of the literary system that plays an important stabilizing role. The norms of literary ethics are unwritten and uncodified, but, having acquired them in the course of practical activity, the vast majority of writers knows and follows them. The following basic conditions are needed for a scandal: violation of the norms accepted in literature; the publicity of this violation, i.e. presence of an observer, witness; the presence of the public, i.e. the opportunity to make the information about the misconduct public. By problematizing the norm and provoking a response, the scandal strengthens the norm.Abram ReitblatRussian Academy of Sciences. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literaturearticleliterary scandalliterary ethicsnorms of writers’ behaviorLiterature (General)PN1-6790Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languagesPG1-9665ENRUЛитературный факт, Iss 3 (13), Pp 161-182 (2019)
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RU
topic literary scandal
literary ethics
norms of writers’ behavior
Literature (General)
PN1-6790
Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languages
PG1-9665
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literary ethics
norms of writers’ behavior
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PN1-6790
Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languages
PG1-9665
Abram Reitblat
On the sociology of literary scandal
description In real literary life, a scandal is a quite familiar, if not an everyday, element, but the literary science neither analyzes it nor includes the term “scandal” in its categorical apparatus. The article attempts to demonstrate that scandal is a normal element of the literary system that plays an important stabilizing role. The norms of literary ethics are unwritten and uncodified, but, having acquired them in the course of practical activity, the vast majority of writers knows and follows them. The following basic conditions are needed for a scandal: violation of the norms accepted in literature; the publicity of this violation, i.e. presence of an observer, witness; the presence of the public, i.e. the opportunity to make the information about the misconduct public. By problematizing the norm and provoking a response, the scandal strengthens the norm.
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