You, We and I: Addressivity in the Diaries of Ordinary Soviet Citizens

The article discusses the problem of addressivity (Bakhtin’s adresovannost’) in the diaries of Soviet citizens, based on an understanding of the diary as an uncertain genre balanced between privacy and publicity. On the one hand, diarists can address a You who is, paradoxically, both absent and pres...

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Main Author: Irina Savkina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Letterari - Università di Padova 2019-12-01
Series:Avtobiografija
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Online Access:https://www.avtobiografija.com/index.php/avtobiografija/article/view/195