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Boris CormanSoviet literary scholar, Doctor of Philological Sciences
Date of Birth: 19.04.1922
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Content:
- Early Life and Education
- Career in Education
- Head of Department
- Personal Life
- Scientific Work
- - "The Study of the Text of a Work of Art" (1972)
- - The composition of a literary work
Early Life and Education
Boris Osipovich (Osherovich) Korman was born on April 19, 1922, in Rechitsa, Belarus, to a family of civil servants. In 1939, he enrolled in the Faculty of Russian Language and Literature at Gomel Pedagogical Institute. However, his studies were interrupted by the outbreak of World War II in 1941.
Career in Education
During the war, Korman worked as a teacher of German and Russian languages and literature. From 1950 to 1971, he taught at Borisoglebsk Pedagogical Institute, where he produced his major works. He successfully defended his PhD dissertation on the poetry of Maksim Bogdanovich (1951) and his doctoral dissertation on the lyrics of Nikolai Nekrasov (1965).
Head of Department
In 1971, Korman was appointed Head of the Department of Russian and Soviet Literature at Udmurt State University. He led the department until his untimely death in 1983.
Personal Life
Korman's son, Eli Korman (born 1947), is a notable Soviet and Israeli poet, literary scholar, and critic.
Scientific Work
Korman's academic pursuits were influenced by the works of Russian Formalist philologists such as Yury Tynyanov, Grigory Gukovsky, and Lev Yakubinsky. He developed a theory of authorship that expanded on Mikhail Bakhtin's ideas. His main works on this theory include:
- "The Study of the Text of a Work of Art" (1972)
- "Workshop on the Study of a Work of Art" (1977)- "Workshop on the Study of a Work of Art: The Lyrical System" (1978)
Impact of His Theory
Korman's theory of authorship provides a framework for analyzing key aspects of literature, including:
- The composition of a literary work
- Categories of literature (genre, method, style)- Fundamental concepts of literature (structure, levels of organization, genre, method, movement)
