Model 20th-century Russian/Soviet saints' lives in fiction

[Mark Leiderman]

I'd suggest  Stalin's (auto)biography,  "Matryona'Home" by Solzhenitsyn,
and "Moscow to the End of the Line" by Venedikt Erofeev as a subverted version.

Best,
Mark

At 02:04 PM 2/24/03 -0600, you wrote:
>Dear Seelangers:
>
>For a course on the development and adaptation of the hagiographic genre
>in Russian literature and culture, I'm looking for 20th-century versions
>(inversions?) of the genre in 20th-century Russian/Soviet/post-Soviet
>fiction.I'm looking for short works (preferably short stories) that
>exist in English translation. All suggestions will be most welcome.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Nicole
>
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>Dr.  Nicole Monnier
>Assistant Professor of Russian
>German & Russian Studies
>University of Missouri
>Columbia, MO  65211
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