Query about Darwinist themes in twentieth-century literature

Denis Akhapkin denis.akhapkin at GMAIL.COM
Sun Apr 3 08:10:45 UTC 2011


Dear Muireann,

see Mandelstam's "Journey to Armenia".
And I strong reccomend for the context one novel from XIX century,
that is Boleslav Markevich's "Марина из Алого Рога".

Best,

Denis Akhapkin
Associate Professor of Russian Language and Literature
Smolny College, St. Petersburg State University

2011/4/3 Muireann Maguire <mm504 at cam.ac.uk>:
> Dear SEELANGers,
>
> This is a general brainstorming question: can anyone advise on authors or
> novels dealing with Darwinist themes (or with evolutionary biology
> generally, thus including Lamarck, Michurin, Haeckel and others) in
> twentieth-century Russian literature? I'm primarily interested in mainstream
> fiction, including Socialist Realism (therefore not necessarily in science
> fiction). Please reply on-list.
>
> Best wishes and thanks in advance,
>
> Muireann
>
> Dr Muireann Maguire
> Career Development Fellow in Russian Literature and Culture
> Wadham College, Oxford
>
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