Fiction suggestions

[David Powelstock]

Paul's post reminded me of the marvelous online journal "Words Without
Borders," specializing in translations of literature from around the world.
(www.wordswithoutborders.org) If you go to the section on Europe, sorted by
country, you'll find dozens of contemporary Russian titles, as well as many
translations from other Slavic literatures.
(http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/?sec=Europe&order=Country) They also
have all kinds of other resources, historical, biographical, cultural, as
well as a growing body of lesson plans and study guides.

Cheers,
David Powelstock

-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Richardson
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 6:04 AM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Fiction suggestions

Yelena (and others):

May I humbly recommend our quarterly journal, Chtenia, which I believe  
is the only regularly published journal of Russian fiction in English  
translation. Each issue features 10-12 fresh translations of Russian  
fiction and non-fiction, all centered around a chosen theme. The  
majority of the selections are fiction and are a good mix of  
contemporary and classic writers. So we have Slavnikova alongside  
Gogol, Sorokin alongside Tolstoy... A good way for students to get a  
taste of a wide swath of literature and then follow up on someone they  
discover there.

To see past tables of contents or to subscribe or order back issues,  
go to:

http://www.chtenia.com

Thanks,

Paul Richardson

On Jan 9, 2009, at 1:00 AM, SEELANGS automatic digest system wrote:

>> Dear list members,
>> As usual, I am appealing to your collective wisdom.  I am putting  
>> together my
>> syllabus for an undergraduate course (i.e., readings in English) on  
>> Russian
>> fiction from glasnost' to the present (including Petrushevskaia,  
>> Pelevin,
>> Ulitskaia, possibly Makanin, Narbikova).  I am writing to ask for  
>> your
>> suggestions for readings (novels or short stories) for the later  
>> part of the
>> course, roughly from the mid/late 1990s to now.  And if anyone  
>> feels like
>> sharing their own teaching experiences with any of the texts - what  
>> worked,
>> what didn't, etc.- I'd love to hear about that too.  Please reply  
>> off-list:
>> yfurman at humnet.ucla.edu
>> Many thanks in advance, and happy New Year!
>> - Yelena Furman
>

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