russian-american fiction/memoirs

[Inna Caron]

Will Borat be too offensive for your audience? :)

As a more digestible material, besides the too obvious choices (Il'f and Petrov, Nabokov (Pnin), Aksyonov) Gary Shteyngart comes to mind. 



Inna


Inna Caron
Ph.D. Candidate, Slavic Languages and Literatures
The Ohio State University
400 Hagerty Hall
Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-6733
caron.4 at osu.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Sarah Clovis Bishop
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 9:43 AM
To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] russian-american fiction/memoirs

This fall I am teaching a new writing-based course for first-year students
on the theme of "Russians in America; Americans in Russia."  (I've used
"Russians" here for simplicity's sake, but I am interested in all citizens
of Russia, and perhaps some other former Soviet republics).  I'm primarily
interested in issues of culture shock and acculturation.
I've found some great material (primarily recent texts), but before I
finalize my syllabus, I'd love to hear your suggestions for 20th-21st
century texts (short stories, memoirs, novels, films) that deal with
Americans' experience of Russia or Russians' experience of America.  They
need to be available in English.
Thanks in advance!
Sarah

Sarah Clovis Bishop
Russian Department
Wellesley College
sbishop at wellesley.edu
781-283-2448

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