Monsters in Russian Literature

[Anne Fisher]

What about Olesha's Ophelia?

If you are at all interested in branching out into other Slavic  
literatures, Tomek Tryzna's novel Miss Nobody features a truly  
monstrous girl and her imaginary companion.

and getting into another level of monsters - didn't both Walter  
Benjamin and Zoshchenko complain about being persecuted by a little  
hunchback man or gnome, in a personification of depression?

Also, maybe folklore - although Baba Yaga et al. might be more at  
witches and wizards than actual monsters...

annie fisher

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Anne O. Fisher
Visiting Assistant Professor and Chair
Russian Studies
The College of Wooster
afisher at wooster.edu
330-263-2166
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"The academy responds to the demands of disciplines and faculty. It  
is a culture that cherishes independence and freedom. And it is a  
culture seriously out of touch with much of America." - from an op-ed  
piece on higher education in the New York TImes, October 11, 2006




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