"Dama s sobachkoi"

[Eric Naiman]

Hi, Peter:

  When I last taught this story, I was surprised by how many students in
the class read the story as a tale of true love -- Chekhov's prose has the
effect of the music that accompanies dialogue-less courtship in Hollywood
movies.  So I suggested that two of the students read just the quoted
dialogue.  Definitely worth trying...
                Eric

>I am reading "Dama s sobachkoi" with my third-year Russian class.
>
>Can anyone recommend one, essential, critical article (in English) to
>assign? You know, something sensitive, well-written and insightful. The
>kind of thing that makes you proud to be a Slavist/ professor of
>literature.
>
>Peter Scotto
>Mount Holyoke College
>
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