Life under Stalin

[Dr. Frederick H. White]

I agree that Hope Against Hope is a great depiction -- but I have found
that my students get tangled up in all of the names and give-up flipping
back to the dictionary.  They do not know who the literary figures are,
what they represent. I would imagine that something like Generations of
Winter (Aksyonov) would be a good depiction for students without a
specific knowledge of the time period.

Cheers,
F

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Dr. Frederick H. White
Memorial University  SN3056
German and Russian
St. John's, NL   A1B 3X9
Ph: 709-737-8829
Fax: 709-737-4000
Office: 709-737-8831
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-----Original Message-----
From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Grace Morsberger
Sent: Wednesday, 06 April, 2005 17:14
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Life under Stalin

What about Nadezhda Mandelstam's Hope Against Hope? I found that very
compelling as an undergraduate.

Grace Morsberger

Dear Colleagues:

If you were teaching a course on Russian/European history to students
who do
not know Russian, but you wanted them to read a literary account of what
life was like under Stalin, what would you choose?

Thanks,
Eloise

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