Texts on "loss of innocence"

[Lila W Zaharkov]

At 12:58 AM 02/13/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear SEELANGERs,
>
>I'm in the midst of planning a fall Russian course in translation which will
>equally mix film and text, and could use some suggestions for texts.  Most
>of the films fit around the theme of childhood to adulthood and examine
>children or adolescents as characters (e.g. "Chuchelo," "Ivanovo detstvo").
>However, I am in real need of some short texts, ideally 20th century, which
>deal with similar themes or can be conveniently read from the context of the
>child.  Regretfully, they must also exist in English translation for this
>class.  Any suggestions would be deeply appreciated.
>
>Thanks very much!
>
>
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There's a great story by Vladimir Tendriakov in translation in the "Soviet
short stories series" called
"A topsy-turvy spring". ("Vesennie perevertyshi" It also brings in the
Pushkin theme of Natalja Goncharova, as well as a young boy's first love.

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