Monks and anthropologists

[Muireann Maguire]

Dear SEELANGS colleagues,

I have recently been asked two intriguing 
character-archetypes-in-Russian-literature questions which I find myself 
unable to answer. I am copying them here in the hope that list members can 
respond more adequately. As neither of the questioners have access to 
SEELANGS, I request that you reply either directly to me at 
muireann.maguire at googlemail.com or, if replying on-list, please copy to me. 
This will make it easier for me to forward any replies to the original 
questioners.

Q1: I have a research interest in the popular representation of 
anthropologists and anthropological ideas. I recently read a paper on the 
anthropological fieldwork (to me, until then, completely unknown) done by 
imprisoned/exiled Russian activists in the 1870s and '80s: astonishingly 
early. Hence my query: do you, please, know of any writings in Russian (but 
translated) in the first half of the twentieth century which make reference 
to ethnographers, ethnographies, and/or anthropology?

Q2: I am working on a paper which addresses the figure of monks in Russian 
literature. I would like to have as many examples as possible. Currently, I 
am searching for some works which deals with the parodical treatment of 
Russian monks or some criticism of their ascetic life. I guess there is a 
plenty of examples in soviet prose, yet nothing comes to mind. I would be 
very glad if you could come up with some examples.

I draw a complete blank on Q1 and my responses to Q2 are mostly pre-Soviet 
(or feature a priest rather than a monk). Help gratefully received (and 
passed on).

Best wishes,

Muireann
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Dr Muireann Maguire                 Wadham College, Oxford

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