texts about Moscow

[Olia Prokopenko]

You may want  to add the controversial " Москва, я люблю тебя!" (2010)
consisting of 18 short films about Moscow created by contemporary Russian
film directors.
Among its authors: Bondarchuk (son); Konchalovsky (son), Mikhalkov (son),
Paradzhanov (nephew), Ibragimbekov (son and nephew), etc.

Olia


On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 2:09 AM, Robert Chandler <kcf19 at dial.pipex.com>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I’m surprised that no one has yet mentioned (at least, not on-list) Andrey
> Platonov’s novel, HAPPY MOSCOW.   The NYRB Classics edition of our
> translation also includes other related works, including “Love for the
> Motherland, or The Sparrow’s Journey”, in which the Pushkin Monument plays
> an important role.  Platonov submitted the story to a journal in late 1936,
> evidently hoping it would be published to coincide with the 1937 Pushkin
> celebrations.
>
> There is also a remarkable short poem by Khlebnikov, which begins,
> “Moskva, kto ty?”
>
> All the best,
>
> Robert
>
>
> On 2 Oct 2014, at 13:16, David J. Galloway <dgallowa at TWCNY.RR.COM> wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > DJG
> >
> > ______________________________
> >
> > David J. Galloway
> > Associate Professor
> > Russian Area Studies Program
> > Hobart and William Smith Colleges
> > Geneva, New York 14456-3397
> > Phone: (315) 781-3790
> > Fax: (315) 781-3822
> > Email: galloway at hws.edu
> > http://www.hws.edu/academics/russian/
> >
> >
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Olia Prokopenko,
Instructor, Russian Program Coordinator and Adviser

Anderson Hall 551
FGIS, Temple University,
1114 W.Berks St.
Philadelphia, PA 19122
tel. (215)-204-1768
oprokop at temple.edu

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