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Russian modernism

Movement
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A broad literary movement in Russia in the early 20th century marked by innovation and rejection of traditional forms

Detailed Definition
Russian modernism was an early 20th-century poetic movement—including Acmeists like Akhmatova and Symbolists like Blok—that rejected realism for intense lyricism, complex imagery, and formal innovation; it emphasized musicality, mystical symbolism, and individual consciousness amid revolutionary social upheaval.
Example
Example in poetry:
A period of intense artistic and literary creativity in Russia (roughly 1890s-1930s) characterized by movements like Symbolism, Acmeism, and Futurism, and featuring poets such as Anna Akhmatova, Boris Pasternak, and Vladimir Mayakovsky.; The movement that sought to redefine poetry's role in a rapidly changing, industrialized, and politically turbulent Russian society, experimenting with form, language, and subject.; The rejection of the emotional vagueness of Symbolism in favor of clarity, concrete imagery, and traditional form (Acmeism) or the radical embrace of new, machine-age language (Futurism).; A movement that introduced new poetic forms, dramatic shifts in tone, and often engaged directly with social and revolutionary themes.
Additional Notes
Russian modernism was a major literary and artistic movement in Russia (c. 1890s–1930s) that included influential poetry movements like Symbolism (Blok), Acmeism (Akhmatova, Mandelstam), and Futurism (Mayakovsky), characterized by formal innovation and cultural self-awareness.
Also Known As
Russian avant-garde modernist Russia Russian futurism Acmeism
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