Russian Literature

This is a historical account. For current updates, we would like to refer you to our website or Facebook page (links found in pinned tweet).

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Russian Literature (soon to be called Slavic Literatures) is no longer on twitter. For current updates, we refer you to our website (https://t.co/Gx78N2CTDZ) and Facebook page (https://t.co/v9rSgkGHwQ).

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For more information on the name change, read this editorial by editor-in-chief Ellen Rutten: https://t.co/uKY7M4aM2R

[Russian Literature @RussLiterature]

Russian Literature (soon to be called Slavic Literatures) is no longer on twitter. For current updates, we refer you to our website (https://t.co/Gx78N2CTDZ) and Facebook page (https://t.co/v9rSgkGHwQ).

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While waiting for our next issue to come out, why not take a look at our journal pre-proofs? The articles can be found here: https://t.co/Do0rTJpC64

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In our latest issue, Hans Günther reviews several studies (most of them written in Russian) on Andrei Platonov that have been published during the last three years. Read the review article here: https://t.co/BQ9wC1346Y

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In this review of four books , Frederick H.White describes how recent Slavic scholarship disrupts the world-system discussion that places Paris, London, and New York at the center and relegates the rest to the periphery. Read the article here: https://t.co/zliPjl4Xwg

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In our latest issue, Grzegorz Czerwińsk examines the role of memories and memory in modern Russian book reportage, by analyzing the work of Yulia Yuzik and Valery Panyushkin. Read the article here: https://t.co/VbjowTPKac

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How do Bulat Okudzhava's songs sound in Italian? In our latest issue, Giulia De Florio investigates the evolution of the approach to translating Bulat Okudzhava’s songs into Italian. Read the article here: https://t.co/5AYMq1lzCq

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The re-education of 'besprizorniki' (street urchins) was a common topic Soviet children's books in the 1920s-30s. This article compares how two early novels portray the transformation of besprizorniki into the 'New Soviet Man': https://t.co/3rt51bWylN

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Our latest issue is out! With articles about the portrayal of 'besprizornost’' (child homelessness) in two Soviet novels, Italian translations of songs by Bulat Okudzhava, and memories and memory in new Russian book reportage. Read the issue here: https://t.co/KWjxVBN7qg

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In our latest issue, Alexey Vdovin reviews recent English-language scholarship on the representation of money, capital, and labour in nineteenth-century Russian fiction. Read the review article here:: https://t.co/Tm7d6zbSKj

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Our latest issue is all about magic! In this article, Natalia Smirnova discusses magic in the work of M.O. Gershenzon. Read more here: https://t.co/qp6w5nKGqM

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East Slavic incantations and charms have often been parodied. This article outlines the characteristics of incantation parodies in oral folklore, and analyses two works of fiction by Chekhov and Zoshchenko, which ridicule incantations against illnesses: https://t.co/cLaJB8Xjk6

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In this article, A.L. Toporkov analyses Veda of Magic Spells written by Magus Veleslav. The article illustrates how Magus Veleslav uses traditional spell texts as material for his own literary reconstruction of pagan poetry: https://t.co/Iq6j2Zfkoa!

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In our latest issue, Agnieszka Gołębiowska-Suchorska examines how contemporary Russian manuals of folk magic adapt Russian texts of folk magic and non-Russian magical traditions. Read the article here: https://t.co/ZoLr8kMh7F

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Our latest issue examines contemporary 'incantation texts'. In this introduction, editor Aleksey Yudin examines the functioning of traditional folklore magic and the differences between incantations and folk prayers: https://t.co/6kRgKhqWoE

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Our latest special issue is dedicated to Aleksey Kruchenykh and the intricacies of his Futurist life-writing. Read the issue here: https://t.co/yBFwqqDXDL

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Pushkin continues to be worshipped in Russia to the present day: by the state, by the people, and especially by the intelligentsia. This article in our latest issue explores how 'Pushkin’s cult' is reflected in the works of Tatyana Tolstaya: https://t.co/s1bAPrZ9VF

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In our latest issue, Frances Nethercott explores the peculiar intermeshing of continuity and discontinuity in Russian culture by analyzing Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s essay, ‘Obrazovanshchina’ (‘The Smatterers’). Read the paper here: https://t.co/jMrcvkSlz0

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Our latest issue offers a thematic cluster derived from the conference ‘A Culture of (Dis)Continuity? Russian Cultural Debates in Historical Perspective’. In this article, guest-editor Olga Tabachnikova introduces the special issue: https://t.co/uaxF1QYqpp

[Ellen Rutten @ellenrutten]

Rankings schmankings — but for junior scholars, including scholars at the start of their career from Ukraine and from Belarus and Russia, this can really make a difference. We warmly welcome their submissions.