Subjects, Subjectivities, and Slavic Studies: A Design for Anti-Racist Pedagogy

Slavic Review ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 327-333
Author(s):  
Erin Katherine Krafft
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Russian History ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
History And Literature ◽  
Gender And Nation ◽  
Critical Perspectives ◽  
Slavic Studies

Folding together elements of anti-oppressive pedagogies and collaborative curriculum design, this contribution illuminates several possibilities for practicing anti-racism in the classroom while working with texts from Russian literature and history that do not necessarily center race. The identities and experiences of our students and ourselves, as well as the diverse forces that act upon us, are as important in the classroom as the texts in front of us, because our identities and experiences form the lens through which we interpret and interrogate. By framing this dynamic as a pedagogical tool, this contribution demonstrates that by engaging with Russian history and literature, students may gain critical perspectives on hierarchies of race, class, gender, and nation in their own lives and contexts while simultaneously discovering histories that they would not otherwise encounter, thereby broadening and deepening their sense of both global and national landscapes and their own positions and movements within them.

scholarly journals Archaeological and Ethnographic Hobbies of F. N. Glinka in the Context of His «Active Life»

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-297
Author(s):  
Natalia V. Zaytseva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Literature ◽  
Local History ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Russian History ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Free Society ◽  
Ethnographic Studies ◽  
Life Attitudes ◽  
Active Life ◽  
General Benefit

The article is devoted to F. N. Glinka’s archaeological and ethnographic interests and research related to his interest in Russian history, his position as an educator, and his desire to be useful to society. The author focuses on Glinka’s local history journey of 1810–1811, his scientific and educational activities as Chairman of the Free society of admirers of Russian literature, folklore and ethnographic studies during the Petrozavodsk exile, archaeological research on the territory of Tver Karelia, and their poetic and scientific interpretation. Glinka’s archaeological and ethnographic research is considered in the article through the prism of his life attitudes, to which he has always remained faithful – to find happiness «in an active life, for the General benefit».

Estate Petrovsko-Razumovskoein Russian history and literature of XIX–XX centuries

2020 ◽  
pp. 115-127
Author(s):  
Margarita V. Cherkashina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian History ◽  
Peter The Great ◽  
History And Literature ◽  
The Subject

The article is devoted to Petrovsko-Razumovskoye estate history: after had belonged to the most noble and wealthy Russian families: Shuysky, Naryshkin, Razumovsky it was finally sold for arranging Agricultural academy named after Peter the Great (now Timiryazev) in 1860. In 1869 the place became infamous because of a murder, which then turned the subject of F.M. Dostoyevsky novel “The Deamons”. But this case does not exhaust the richness of Petrovsko-Razumovskoye literature life.

A Gothic Prelude

2020 ◽  
pp. 27-35
Author(s):  
Valeria Sobol
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Russian History ◽  
Late Eighteenth Century ◽  
Late Eighteenth

This chapter examines the earliest and the most “classical” Gothic tale in Russian literature — Nikolai Karamzin's The Island of Bornholm (1793) where the Russian traveler, stranded on a mysterious Danish island, is surprised to learn that the island used to be populated by Slavs. The fictional traveler's investigation of the mysteries of the island (deriving from possible incest and the resulting punishment) becomes a journey back to the dark pagan origins of Russian history and a Gothic prelude to Karamzin's later historical project. The Island of Bornholm remains an isolated phenomenon in late-eighteenth-century Russian literature, unique for its complex fusing of Gothic tropes and historical concerns.

The Laodicean Epistle: Some Possible Sources

Slavic Review ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 832-842
Author(s):  
Jack V. Haney
Keyword(s):  
Russian Literature ◽  
Literature Discussion ◽  
Original Text ◽  
Proper Place ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
History And Literature ◽  
Late Fifteenth

The literature of Muscovite Russia is vast and uneven in quality. In spite of the efforts of scholars, many literary works have not been sufficiently studied to permit one to assign them their proper place in Russian literature. One such work is the Laodicean Epistle (Laodikiiskoe poslanie). A number of articles have recently been written on it, and it has figured prominently in the books of two of the leading specialists in Muscovite history and literature. Discussion has centered on questions of the extent of the work, the original text, its interpretation, and possible sources. None of these points has been decided to the satisfaction of scholars concerned with the intellectual and literary developments of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. This article is an attempt to provide other explanations for some of the questions raised by the text.

scholarly journals A New Look at the History of the Veneration of Prince Fyodor the Black

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrei Usachev
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Russian History ◽  
History And Literature ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Look

This review examines Prince Fyodor the Black in Russian History and Culture. Research and Texts (2019) by G. Lenhoff, an American Slavonic scholar, written with the participation of Russian scholars V. P. Efimenko and B. M. Kloss. Regarding the monograph as a very useful work on the history and literature of the Russian Middle Ages, the reviewer makes some remarks. First, it is necessary to clarify the spread of hagiographical texts in mediaeval Russia; second, it is important to consider the history of the veneration of Fyodor the Black in the context of ideological campaigns of the Russian Church and the secular authorities in the mid-sixteenth century; third, a more thorough examination of the account of Fyodor’s life written by Andrei Yuryev is required; and, finally, it is necessary to refer to some works on the hagiography of Tver and Suzdal and on manuscripts.

Epic Revisionism: Russian History and Literature as Stalinist Propaganda

2007 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 609
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Drozd ◽  
Kevin M. F. Platt ◽  
David Brandenberger
Keyword(s):  
Russian History ◽  
History And Literature

scholarly journals OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGY AS AN OPTION FOR AN ALBANIAN UNIVERSITY WITH NO ONLINE PLATFORM: CAN IT BE USED TO IMPROVE LEARNING?

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 782-784
Author(s):  
Gerda Sula
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Peer Collaboration ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
Online Platform ◽  
Management Of Resources ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Technological Platform ◽  
The University

Online platforms are a worthy opportunity for extended learning, peer collaboration, and joint efforts outside the university classroom. However, in order to offer such a pedagogical tool, the online environment needs to be designed for teachers and students alike. The University of Tirana does not offer such platforms and hence, this study explores whether other open source platforms could be used to fulfill the aims and objectives of the subjects offered at this university. The results of this research, comparing two groups of students’ performance of the Curriculum Design class, one with no online platform access, and the other with platform access, showed that students’ understanding was heightened significantly in the group with online access. In this paper, the benefits of such opportunities in developing countries with no technological platform are discussed. Furthermore, recommendations for the researcher or teacher are shared regarding the planning and management of resources, such as time, discussion, and conclusions for others interested in embarking on the same path.

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