Russian Short Story: Pathologies of the Everyday

[Kevin Bray]

It's not a short story, but you might want to consider screening "A
Window to Paris" ( $B'0'\'_'` (B  $B'S (B  $B'1'Q'b'Z'X (B , I believe).  It is a great
demonstration of the absurdities and less-than-attractive realities of
Russian/Soviet "byt" when they spill over into an unprepared culture,
and it would probably get discussion going in the right direction.  I'm
sure there's a subtitled version widely available, too.

Kevin Bray
University of Toronto

On Wednesday, November 6, 2002, at 01:13 , Harold O Anthony wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
> Next term I am teaching the course Russian Short Story: Pathologies of
> the
> Everyday. Any suggestions? Recommendations?
>
> Natasha Anthony
> Instructor of Russian
> Department of Modern Languages
> Union College
> Schenectady, NY 12308
>
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