Powest

The term Powest ( Russian По́весть / Povest ') designates in Russian literature a prose story of a smaller scope (between novel and story ) with a chronic character, in which the flow of natural life is reproduced. The dramatic conflict centers around the main hero; the personality and its fate are revealed within a few events.

In this sense, as a fixed generic term, powest has only been used since the early 19th century, especially through the works of Alexander Pushkin and Nikolai Gogol . In the old Russian literature , on the other hand, every narrative text that portrays (mostly historical) events rather objectively could be designated as such.

literature

• Karl-Heinz Kasper: Powest . In: Herbert Greiner-Mai (ed.): Small dictionary of world literature . VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig 1983. pp. 220-221.

Web links

• Article Powest in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D090123~2a%3D~2b%3DPowest
• the Powest entry at universal_lexikon.deacademic.com