Texts on "loss of innocence"

[Michael Denner]

It's not a short story, but Gorky's _Childhood_ seems like a great fit for
the "loss of innocence" theme. It's not a long work, and I remember reading
it quickly as an undergraduate and loving it. It remains probably my
favorite work of the period.

Mr. Boele's reservation about Pasternak's [btw: my spell check suggests I
mean to say "pastoral" here! Wonderful!] "Detstvo Ljuversa" is apt --
definitely not something I'd assign to undergraduates.

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Michael A. Denner
Russian Studies Department
Campus Unit 8361
Stetson University
DeLand, FL 32720
904.822.7265


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[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Janneke M. van de Stadt
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 2:49 PM
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Subject: Re: Texts on "loss of innocence"


Sounds like it will be a great course!  I would suggest you look at Isaac
Babel's childhood or "autobiographical" stories, such as "The Story of My
Dovecot," "In the Basement," "Awakening," and "You Must Know Everything."
They all exists in translation, though not always very good translation...

Janneke


At 12:58 AM 2/13/01 -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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