Letters play a significant role in some of my favourite works of Russian literature, and a couple in particular have been very much on my mind lately. So here is my top ten, which manages to encompass everything from the absurd to the tragic. Apologies for the plot spoilers (especially in entries 10, 7 and […]
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Top ten letters in Russian literature
Posted by Sarah Young on December 15, 2011
https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2011/12/15/top-ten-letters-in-russian-literature/
Top ten food in Russian literature
Food is a tricky subject, as there are a lot of viable candidates for inclusion – so many that I toyed with the idea of doing a top twenty, but that’s a cop out, so I’ve had to whittle it down, and some exceptional works have missed the cut. I’ll say a bit more about […]
Posted by Sarah Young on June 16, 2011
https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2011/06/16/top-ten-food-in-russian-literature/
Teaching Russian literature
One of the big dilemmas in teaching Russian literature at undergraduate level is the translation vs. original question. Clearly, most of us would like to see our students reading texts in the original, because there are always losses in translation, and because reading in the original helps develop language skills, but it presents various problems. […]
Posted by Sarah Young on October 25, 2009
https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2009/10/25/teaching-russian-literature/