Russian Literature with Environmental Focus

[Subhash.Jaireth at AGSO.GOV.AU]

Hi,

One of the films that impressed me a lot was Gerasimov's U Ozera. It had
Shukshin in the lead role and was the debut film of a talented actress
Nataliya Belokhvostikova. The film explored the conflict surrounding the
construction of a paper mill on the bank of the Lake Baikal.

I find Mikhail Prishvin's stories also very interesting in the way they
explore the human/nature dichotomy. Paustovskii's  Kara Bugaz is a wonderful
travel narrative about the Aral Sea.


Best wishes


Subhash




Dr. Subhash Jaireth
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                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Helena Goscilo [mailto:goscilo+ at PITT.EDU]
                Sent:   Friday, 14 July 2000 5:18
                To:     SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
                Subject:        Re: Russian Literature with Environmental
Focus

                Iurii Nagibin, "By a Quiet Lake"
                Svetlana Vasilenko, "Piggy" and "Going After Goat-Antelopes"
                lyrics of the Liube song "Ne rubite, muzhiki," which you
could trans. into
                English in 15 mins.
                (I'm assuming that animals endemic to a given area qualify
as part of the
                environment)

                Helena Goscilo

                --On Thursday, July 13, 2000, 10:22 AM -0700 Kevin M Platt
                <KMFP4747 at POMONA.EDU> wrote:r

                > Dear SEELANGers:
                >
                > I'm looking for some literature suggestions.
                >
                > I am revising a course that I haven't taught for a few
years: a cultural
                > history of the environment in the Soviet Union/Russia in
the 20th century.
                >
                > The course is in English translation and includes
literature, film,
                > historical source materials and critical works. There are
two gaps in the
                > set of literary works covered in the course that I would
like to fill.
                >
                > Firstly, I would like something from the 40s and 50s which
thematizes
                > postwar reconstruction, late Stalinism and attitudes
towards the
                > environment.
                >
                > Secondly, I need something from the more recent,
post-Soviet era which
                > deals with environmental issues in an interesting way.
                >
                > I'd be very grateful for any suggestions.
                >
                > FYI: The major literary works included in the course in
its last iteration
                > were:
                >
                > Kataev's "Time, Forward!"
                > Village prose works by Solzhenitsyn and Rasputin
                > Zalygin's "The Commission"
                > Gubaryev's play "Sarcophagus"
                > Narbikova's "Okolo Ekolo" (trans. as "In the Here and
There.")
                >
                > Thanks in advance!
                >
                > Kevin Platt
                >
                > __________________________
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                > Pomona College
                > Dept. of German and Russian
                > 500 N. Harvard Ave.
                > Claremont, CA 91711
                > Voice: 909-621-8927
                > Fax: 909-625-8065
                >
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