Preliminary thesis Ideas -Pushkin's heritage affecting his writing

[Carol Hart]

Hello,

There was a dissertation by Raquel Green at Ohio State 10 years ago that might be relevant.

The "African-Aristocrat" :

Alexander S. Pushkin's dual poetic persona /

Raquel Ginnette Greene
1999

Accession No:
	OCLC: 42729279

This is from the WorldCat record.

Carol Hart
Center for International Programs
Oakland University
Rochester, Michigan

--- On Fri, 9/4/09, LaDonna Burns <nashemir at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: LaDonna Burns <nashemir at yahoo.com>
Subject: [SEELANGS] Preliminary thesis Ideas -Pushkin's heritage affecting his writing
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Date: Friday, September 4, 2009, 11:32 AM

Hello All;

I am new to this website and saw that the community can help with ideas.  I 
am a graduate student and I am starting a preliminary thesis while studying 
Russian.  I would like to take a deeper look at Pushkin and how his African 
heritage may be directly or indirectly implied and found in some of his works.  I 
would like to explore if his grandfather's heritage actually prompted him to use 
certain lexicon, ideologies, (ebonics of the day, if you will) etc that can be 
indirectly found in some of his more famous writings (for example, I have always 
thought the Queen of Spades was directly referring to a Moorish woman, or 
referring to the ethnicity of the Moors of the time, and how that contrasted 
with the formal European and Russian society and high nobility of the day).  

I am fascinated that this one man completely changed the style of the day 
from French to having Russian accepted and idolized, and the change from the 
Neo Classic to the Romantic era of writing.  I was also thinking to explore what 
exactly did Pushkin do or write, or what exactly in his style was different 
enough that the era and genre of writings changed.   

I know this is a bit broad, hence why I am seeking out some definite answers 
and thoughts from the community.  If this is not a good thesis topic, I could 
also explore how Russian and English gestures are different and how that 
influences each countrymen's way of learning.  To me, the second is too broad, 
and other than being fascinated by the subject, I have no idea where to go 
with the thought, and what to add or challenge.

All ideas and thoughts are welcome, and thanks for your time and thoughts!

Leigh B

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