TY - JOUR
T1 - The poetry of Hayyim Lensky and its affinity with minor Russian humorous folk genres
AU - Lapidus, Rina
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - Hayyim Lensky was one of a small number of Russian Jewish poets who wrote in Hebrew in the Soviet Union. This article examines how his poetry was influenced and shaped according to the characteristics of minor humorous genres of Russian folklore: chastúshka, pestushka, poteshka, skorogovorka, pribautka, zaklichka, schitalka. That is not to say that he incorporated these genres with their forms and content intact into his poetry; on the contrary, many times he reshaped their forms and introduced unexpected and surprising content.
AB - Hayyim Lensky was one of a small number of Russian Jewish poets who wrote in Hebrew in the Soviet Union. This article examines how his poetry was influenced and shaped according to the characteristics of minor humorous genres of Russian folklore: chastúshka, pestushka, poteshka, skorogovorka, pribautka, zaklichka, schitalka. That is not to say that he incorporated these genres with their forms and content intact into his poetry; on the contrary, many times he reshaped their forms and introduced unexpected and surprising content.
KW - Hayyim Lensky
KW - Hebrew poetry
KW - Russian folklore genres
KW - chastúshka, pestushka, poteshka
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84857280905&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13501674.2011.632583
DO - 10.1080/13501674.2011.632583
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AN - SCOPUS:84857280905
SN - 1350-1674
VL - 41
SP - 189
EP - 202
JO - East European Jewish Affairs
JF - East European Jewish Affairs
IS - 3
ER -