Russian postmodernist metafiction

Table of Contents; Acknowledgments - 7; Introduction - 9; Chapter One - Postmodernism and Metafiction: Theoretical Considerations - 17; Postmodernism - 17; Metafiction - 25; Chapter Two - Narrative Strategies - 33; Chapter Three - Metafictional Plot Structures - 49; Chapter Four - Characters as Verbal Constructs - 67; Chapter Five - The Heterotopian Setting - 87; Chapter Six - Structure: From Catalogues to Endless Boxes - 103; Chapter Seven - Stylistic Experimentation - 119; Chapter Eight - Eccentric Typography - 133; Conclusion - 145; Selected Bibliography - 149; Primary Sources - 149
Secondary Sources: General Studies - 154Secondary Sources: Russian Literature - 158; Index - 173