texts about Moscow

[Melissa T Smith]

I'm sure that Giliarovsky?'s Moskva i Moskvichi is at the top of your list.


Master and Margarita is a natural


Vladimir Voinovich's MOSKVA 2042 also comes to mind, and maybe


Moskva-Petushki (translate as Moscow to the End of the Line)

and of course the film


Moscow Doesn't believe in tears.


Anna Karenina contrasts Moscow and Petersburg

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Dear Seelangers,

I'm searching for texts (in the broadest sense) for a senior seminar based on Moscow as a topos. This could include literature, history, film, cultural studies, and so on, but the most suitable would engage Moscow as a dominant theme. (A colleague previously offered the same seminar using Petersburg as the focus; this would be a companion to that course.) Any suggestions of materials in Russian or English would be most welcome, especially if you have taught such a course previously.

Most desired would be texts which give differing views of Moscow life over the centuries. I'm looking for things beyond the obvious (Gilyarovsky, Bulgakov, Erofeev, Rybakov, etc.) especially shorter pieces which I might easily overlook.

Please reply off-list to galloway at hws.edu<mailto:galloway at hws.edu>.

Thanks in advance,
DJG

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