The Concept of “Human Rights” in Russian Literature at the End of the XVIII Century

Student: Zemenkov Vladislav

Educational Programme: Cultural Studies (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2016

This paper is devoted to the discourse analysis of literary texts written by Russian intellectuals at the end of the XVIII century. The research complete the analysis of political language concepts and reception on the French Revolution situation. Chronologically, it includes the period of the 1780-1790s, geographically Russian and western European region. In order to the methodology of the "History of Concepts" and "new cultural history" paradigm, we attempt to bring texts into cultural and political context. The research consists of two chapters: historical and theoretical framework to the study of cultural phenomenon and literary analysis.

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