In 1708 Peter the Great unveiled his new so-called “civil” orthography with great fanfare and ambition, and commanded that it immediately become the standard script for non-liturgical publications. This essay explores the impact of Peter I’s orthographic reforms on literacy and literacy instruction during the first third of the eighteenth century, with special attention to the modes of learning available to the realm’s semi-literate strata. Relying on primary sources as well as the work of previous scholars, it examines three key vectors: pedagogical texts, sites and methods of teaching, and publishing history so as to determine the extent to which the new orthography, pedagogies and texts penetrated both formal and informal primary schooling. Evidence suggests the impact was minimal.
Stony Brook University, United States - ORCID: 0009-0006-9799-2019
Titolo del capitolo
The Civil Orthography and Literacy During Peter the Great's Reign: What Really Changed?
Autori
Gary Marker
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0585-6.17
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2024
Copyright
© 2024 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
Titolo del libro
Language and Education in Petrine Russia
Sottotitolo del libro
Essays in Honour of Maria Cristina Bragone
Curatori
Swetlana Mengel, Laura Rossi
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
442
Anno di pubblicazione
2024
Copyright
© 2024 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0585-6
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0584-9
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0585-6
Collana
Biblioteca di Studi Slavistici
ISSN della collana
2612-7687
e-ISSN della collana
2612-7679