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Фрагмент Ответа. Стихи Августа 2025 – Февраля 2026 Года., Victor Fet

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Фет, В. Фрагмент ответа. Стихи августа 2025 – февраля 2026 года. Київ: Друкарський двiр Олега Федорова. 2026. 256 с. 

Эта книга — продолжение серии из шести предыдущих книг: «Над бездной» (2022), «Ткань памяти» (2022), «Свет слов» (2023), «Контурная карта» (2024), «Предел памяти» (2025) и «Открытые слова» (2025). Все они опубликованы в Киеве, в издательстве «Друкарський двiр Олега Федорова».

Я благодарю всех моих друзей и единомышленников, всех, кто в эти безумные и трагические дни и годы не теряет разума. Наши сердца и мысли ежедневно — с несломленной, сражающейся Украиной.

В эту книгу вошли стихотворения, написанные с августa 2025 по …

Medical Minds, Literary Voices: The Intersection Of Healing And Storytelling In Russian Literature, Emily Doris Gervais

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

This project examines the intersection of medicine and literature through the works of Russian physicians who became influential authors. Focusing on Anton Chekhov’s Sakhalin Island, Vikenty Veresaev’s Memoirs of a Physician, and Mikhail Bulgakov’s A Young Doctor’s Notebook, this research highlights how their medical experiences shaped both their personal narratives and broader societal criticism. By analyzing the variation of both implicit, individual-centered stories and systemic, sociopolitical commentaries, the project reveals how these authors brought a unique clinical perspective to Russian literature. Their attention to detail, moral and ethical concerns, and use of medical language enriched their writings, imbuing their prose …

God Poezii 2025, Victor Fet

Biological Sciences Faculty Research

Fet, V. (ed.). God poezii 2025 [Year of Poetry 2024]. Kyiv: Drukarskii dvir Oleha Fedorova. 2025. 668 p.

 The fourth volume of the Year of Poetry anthology brings together 120 authors of different generations from various countries. No matter what we write about, the hearts and verses of those who cannot remain silent—from every corner of the globe—stand with a fighting, unbroken Ukraine and its heroes.

 And, trying to walk the razor’s edge

In a world so prone to destruction,

We cling to poetry,

Or perhaps it clings to us. (Anatoly Lemysh)

Год поэзии 2025. …

Oткрытые Слова. Стихи Января — Августа 2025., Victor Fet

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Фет, В. Oткрытые слова. Стихи января — августа 2025.  Київ: Друкарський двiр Олега Федорова. 2025. 284 с.  

Эта книга — продолжение серии из пяти предыдущих книг: «Над бездной» (2022), «Ткань памяти» (2022), «Свет слов» (2023), «Контурная карта» (2024) и «Предел памяти» (2025) (К.: Друкарський двiр Олега Федорова). Сюда вошли стихотворения, написанные с января по август 2025.

Кошмар почти четырёх последних лет не кончается, не кончаются и стихи. Мы — вся наша цивилизация — вступили в такую полосу неопределённости, где рефлекторное плетение кружева слов может быть не более, чем средством медитации, способом не сойти немедленно с ума. …

Предел Памяти. Стихи Февраля — Декабря 2024., Victor Fet

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Фет, В. Предел памяти. Стихи февраля — декабря 2024.  Київ: Друкарський двiр Олега Федорова. 2025. 236 с. 

Эта книга — продолжение серии из четырёх предыдущих книг, «Над бездной» (2022), «Ткань памяти» (2022), «Свет слов» (2023) и «Контурная карта» (2024) (К.: Друкарський двiр Олега Федорова). Сюда вошли стихотворения, написанные с февраля по декабрь 2024. Их поток не заканчивается в течение почти трёх лет полномасштабной войны, необратимо изменившей наш мир. Тем, кто пишет (не может не писать) сегодня стихи по-русски, достался опозоренный язык, быстро уходящий в историю; породившая его культура кончает самоубийством на наших глазах. Об этом я и …

Book Review: From Pushkin To Popular Culture: Essays By Catharine Theimer Nepomnyashchy, Elizaveta Volkovskaia

Russian Language Journal

The collection of Catharine T. Nepomnyashchy’s essays edited by Emily D. Johnson, Irina Reyfman, and Carol R. Ueland represents a fascinating array of her published and unpublished works. As Masha Udensiva- Brenner notes in her academic profile on the scholar, Nepomnyashchy went beyond her research niche and was an incredibly versatile thinker, finding connections between a variety of cultural artifacts. Indeed, Nepomnyashchy always encouraged other academics to explore fields beyond the limits of their areas of focus (Udensiva-Brenner, 24).

Фет, В. Контурная Карта. Стихи Мая 2023 — Февраля 2024. К.: Друкарський Двiр Олега Федорова, 2024. 216 С., Victor Fet

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Фет, В. Контурная карта. Стихи мая 2023 — февраля 2024. К.: Друкарський двiр Олега Федорова, 2024. 216 с.  

Эта книга — продолжение серии из трёх предыдущих книг стихов, «Над бездной» (2022), «Ткань памяти» (2022) и «Свет слов» (2023) (К.: Друкарський двiр Олега Федорова). Сюда вошли стихи, написанные с мая 2023 по февраль 2024. Я благодарен судьбе, что в эти жестокие времена мои стихи не заканчиваются, а текут почти ежедневно, как дневник. Я надеюсь, что они принесут несколько минут отдыха, радости или раздумья моим друзьям и единомышленникам по всему миру — и прежде всего тем, кто находится в сражающейся …

God Poezii 2024, Victor Fet

Biological Sciences Faculty Research

Fet, V. (ed.). God poezii 2024 [Year of Poetry 2024]. Kyiv: Drukarskii dvir Oleha Fedorova. 2024. 620 p.

The third volume of the *Year of Poetry* annual has once again brought together over 100 authors from various countries. “We all speak and write in Russian—a language disgraced by the invaders... Only the word that remains untainted will outlive both the current disgrace and this utter hell.” (Anatoly Liberman). We are proud that this anthology is being published in Kyiv for the third time. No matter what we write about, the hearts and verses of those who cannot remain silent—from every …

Свет Слов. Стихи Декабря 2022 — Мая 2023., Victor Fet

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Фет, В. Свет слов. Стихи декабря 2022 — мая 2023. Київ: Друкарський двiр Олега Федорова. 2023. 148 с.

Эта книга — продолжение двух предыдущих книг стихов, «Над бездной» и «Ткань памяти» (К.: Друкарський двiр Олега Федорова, 2022). Сюда вошли стихи, написанные с декабря 2022 по май 2023. Многие, кто писал по-русски по всему миру, сейчас замолчали от шока и боли. Со мной случилось так, что после Крыма (2014) я вообще перестал писать стихи; мне казалось, что я уже написал всё, что мог. Но война прорвала этот затор, и стихи текут уже более года постоянным потоком, почти ежедневно. Похоже, …

В Поисках Снарка, Victor Fet

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Фет, В. В поисках Снарка. Библиотека Университета Маршалла, Хантингтон. 2023. 434 с.

Этот том содержит статьи и рецензии Виктора Фета (1955 г.р.), написанные и опубликованные в 1995-2022 гг на различные темы, от истории науки до рецензий на театральные спектакли. Автор, биолог по профессии, который провёл первую половину жизни (1955-1988) в СССР, соединяет глубоко личный опыт, воспоминания и наблюдения, преследуя одну основную тему: уникальность творчества во всех аспектах гуманитарных и естественных наук. Интересы автора прежде всего фокусиртуются на двух очень разных, но не независимых фигурах Льюиса Кэрролла и Владимира Набокова. В наши дни, при быстром распаде и трансформации русской культуры, …

God Poezii 2023, Victor Fet

Biological Sciences Faculty Research

Fet, V. (ed.). God poezii 2023 [Year of Poetry 2023]. Kyiv: Drukarskii dvir Oleha Fedorova. 2023. 520 p.

"Year of Poetry 2023" has brought together over 100 authors of various generations from different countries who continue to write in Russian outside the borders of a crumbling empire. There is no longer a shared past in this language—it has shattered. Yet there remain conscience, memory, love, hatred, hope, and faith in victory. We are proud that this book is being published in Kyiv. Whatever we write about, the hearts and verses of those who cannot remain silent stand with a fighting …

Samozvanets (The Pretender), Matthew Garrell, Alikzandr Malakov

Dartmouth College Master’s Theses

he Russian word Samozvanets most directly translates to Imposter in English. However, for this thesis, I have selected the alternative interpretation of Pretender. Imposter implies the taking or assuming of another’s position. Pretender, more personally, carries the meaning of presenting self as something one is not. It is through the lens of the Pretender that I examine the idea of what it means to be a member of a particular ethnicity, and to engage with one’s cultural heritage. I do this through a collection of fictional stories, investigating various lives within the Russian diaspora following the dissolution of the Soviet …

Tкань Памяти. Стихи Августа-Декабря 2022., Victor Fet

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Фет, В. Tкань памяти. Стихи августа-декабря 2022. Київ: Друкарський двiр Олега Федорова. 2022. 148 с.

«Ткань памяти» — продолжение предыдущей книги стихов, «Над бездной» (К.: Друкарський двiр Олега Федорова, 2022). Я несказанно рад, что стихи пишутся, и что я могу своим словом издалека поддержать друзей в борющейся Украине. В 2022 году история убыстрилась в сотни раз. Мы, может быть — последние, кто пишет на этом, стремительно исчезающем языке. В империи он умрёт от позора, его покроет вечная мерзлота. Нас, возможно, будут читать, как сегодня читают латынь — в будущих университетах свободных стран. Многие по …

Над Бездной. Стихи Этого Года., Victor Fet

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Фет, В.  Над бездной. Стихи этого года. Київ: Друкарський двiр Олега Федорова. 2022. 136 с.

В эту книгу вошли стихи, написанные за 200 дней войны, с февраля по сентябрь 2022 года. Их много, гораздо больше, чем я писал когда-либо ранее за полгода. Я полжизни (34 года) живу в Америке, где мой русский язык сегодня работает на энергии моего украинского летнего детства. Я рос в Сибири, но стал биологом на берегах Херсонской и Одесской областей, где мы с родителями стояли в палатке на берегу моего первого моря. Запахи и звуки этого вечного времени и пространства питают сегодня мою вселенную, …

God Poezii 2022, Victor Fet

Biological Sciences Faculty Research

Fet, V. (ed.). God poezii 2022 [Year of Poetry 2022]. Kyiv: Drukarskii dvir Oleha Fedorova. 2022. 656 p.

Year of Poetry 2022 brought together around 90 authors of different generations from various countries who continue to write in Russian beyond the borders of the crumbling empire. We are proud that this book is being published in Kyiv. Whatever we write about, the hearts and poems of those who cannot remain silent are with fighting Ukraine. Glory to Ukraine!

Год поэзии 2022. (Сост. В. Фет). Київ: Друкарський двiр Олега Федорова. 2022. 656 c …

Introduction. Viktor Shklovsky’S Heritage In Literature, Arts, And Philosophy, Slav N. Gratchev, Howard Mancing

Modern Languages Faculty Research

This book aims to examine the heritage of Victor Shklovsky in a variety of disciplines. To achieve this end, we drew upon colleagues from eight different countries across the world – USA, Canada, Russia, England, Scotland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Hong Kong – in order to bring the widest variety of points of view on the subject. But we also wanted this book to be more than just another collection of essays of literary criticism: we invited scholars from different disciplines – literature, cinematography, and philosophy – who have dealt with Shklovsky’s heritage and saw its practical application in their …

Title., Douglas Miller

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Title is a series of drawings that explores the aspects of failed projects and the complications of representation within literary and visual practices. This series is informed by preliminary drawings, marginalia, and written notations that are inherent in the formulation processes of both visual and literary compositions. Through an investigation of the 19th Century Russian author Nikolai Gogol’s unfinished novel Dead Souls, I situate this series of drawings as a means to conflate literary theories with visual representation. In this way, the Title series presents fragmentary images, texts, and digressive narratives that demonstrate intermediaries between propositional states and reconciled …

Review: Russian Science Fiction Literature And Cinema: A Critical Reader, Alla A. Smyslova, Alexandra Portice

Russian Language Journal

Anindita Banerjee’s critical reader provides excellent insight into the development of science fiction literature and cinema in Russia from the early nineteenth century all the way to the mid-2000s. The book features four sections, each of them comprising four articles by different authors, and an introduction from the editor. The latter provides a brief but brilliant overview of Russian nauchnaia fantastika, or “scientific fantasy,” positioning it within the context of literary, social, and scientific life in the USSR, as well as outlining the existing scholarship on the topic. From the very beginning, when the genre first emerged at the turn …

Review: Limits To Interpretation: The Meanings Of Anna Karenina; Russian Science Fiction Literature And Cinema: A Critical Reader, Serenity Stanton Orengo, Alla A. Smyslova

Russian Language Journal

Limits to Interpretation is a staple of Tolstoy scholarship. Newly reprinted in paperback, it is worth revisiting, even for those already familiar with this work. Alexandrov’s aim in the book, outlined on the first page, is to “propose a text-specific reading methodology, one that is tailored as much as possible to a particular work, and that is thus designed to minimize the circularity of interpretation, or the process of mediation, inherent in any act of reading” (3). Alexandrov seeks to demonstrate how a work of literature can prompt a fixed range of contradictory and divergent interpretations simultaneously. He wants to …

Review: Siblings In Tolstoy And Dostoevsky: The Path To Universal Brotherhood, Naya Lekht, William Nickell

Russian Language Journal

This is a fine book that makes a strong contribution to the study of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, while also demonstrating a framework that could be usefully applied to other literature of the period. It convincingly shows that sibling relations in the works of these two authors have been woefully underexamined, and it demonstrates that time and again, key scenes and ideas in their novels are structured around sisters and brothers. Reading from this perspective repeatedly brings new clarity not only to the scenes in question, but also to entire novels, and indeed, to the oeuvres to which they belong. The …

Review: Poetry Reader For Russian Learners; Siblings In Tolstoy And Dostoevsky: The Path To Universal Brotherhood, Richard Robin, Naya Lekht

Russian Language Journal

Overall, the book does a thorough job of documentation. In proficiency terms, it reads more like a fancy “Advanced High” text than “Superior.” The authors do not speculate about the potentially more controversial conclusions pertaining to some of the postulates underlying the program until toward the end of the volume. After all, it is unlikely that a school with only two years of Russian aiming for an “Intermediate Low” speaking proficiency will create a two-year curriculum with the intent to prepare participants for a fourth year at “Advanced.” Most of the interesting speculations come in Al-Batal and Glakas’s view of …

Review: The Meek One: A Fantastic Story: An Annotated Russian Reader, Cynthia L. Martin

Russian Language Journal

Both of these readers are excellent additions to available annotated readers for students of Russian that would be most appropriate after students have completed two full years of Russian.

Review: “The Other” In Translation: A Case For Comparative Translation Studies, Sibelan Forrester

Russian Language Journal

Alexander Burak’s book “The Other” in Translation does two things: it draws attention to the field of Comparative Translation Discourse Analysis, with reference to numerous concrete examples, and it offers thought provoking and informative discussion of a number of translation situations drawn from the interactions of Russian and Anglophone literature and culture. The book will be especially interesting to students and teachers of Russian at all levels, but it also has a great deal to offer readers from other languages and literatures, especially those with a background in translation studies.

Rethinking Trümmerliteratur: The Aesthetics Of Destruction Ruins, Ruination, And Ruined Language In The Works Of Böll Grass, And Celan, Kurt R. Buhanan

Theses and Dissertations

Trümmerliteratur - literally “rubble-literature" - is a brand of literature that became important after the Second World War, led by Heinrich Böll, whom I term the apologist of German Trümmerliteratur. Typically included under this classification are the writers who began to produce in the years immediately following the war, and in whose work the rubble and ruins of the landscape figure prominently. Böll provided the programmatic framework for the movement in his “Bekenntnis zur Trümmerliteratur" but his relationship to another type of ruin writing presents a point of friction when he appears to be working in a romantic mode to …

Implementing Task-Based Teaching From The Ground Up: Considerations For Lesson Planning And Classroom Practice, William Comer

Russian Language Journal

In the past twenty years, Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) has become a widely discussed approach to teaching foreign and second languages, and a significant body of literature has grown up around it. The approach has even been implemented on a large scale in some areas; for example, since 1990, instruction in Dutch as a second language in the Flemish areas of Belgium has been organized solely around the principles of TBLT (Van den Branden 2006, 13).

From Meaning To Form: An Alternative Model Of Functional Syntax, Arto Mustajoki

Russian Language Journal

The purpose of this article is to introduce a model for a meaning-based functional syntax. A full description of the model may be found in our recent monograph (Mustajoki 2006b). Work on the model has been carried out in the Department of Slavonic and Baltic Languages and Literature at the University of Helsinki over the last fifteen years. Given that the above-mentioned book and various shorter publications (Mustajoki 1997, 1999, 2003a, 2003b, 2004) have appeared in Russian, it seems appropriate to give a short overview of the model in English. The only presentation of the model in English thus far …

Change Agents And Change Agencies In Language Education: Implications For Langnet, Richard D. Brecht

Russian Language Journal

Educational innovation is a richly satisfying enterprise, particularly in an age of rising demands and expanding technology. But unless the innovators have an explicit strategic plan and a dedicated system for diffusing their work, innovation is destined to have little or no impact on the teachers and learners for whom it is intended. That truth lies at the heart of the literature on the diffusion of innovation.

(Review) Miedzy Psem A Wilkiem, Andrea Lanoux

Slavic Studies Faculty Publications

Reviews the book "Miedzy psem a wilkiem," by Sasha Sokolov and translated by Aleksander Boguslawski.

Tolstoy And Clio: An Exploration In Historiography Through Literature, David Wiles

Research outputs pre 2011

This paper explores issues in historiography and history as reflected in some of the literary and didactic works of Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910). An artist of eternal merit, Tolstoy's creativity manifests his intense personal, artistic, and philosophical conflicts. In addressing the 'accursed questions' afflicting his times and society, Tolstoy became the muse of nineteenth-century Russia, but his works embody essential themes in historiography, literature, and history. Attempting to impose a unitary vision upon the rich diversity of reality, yet failing, in his literary works Tolstoy explores the inaccessibility and multiplicity of historical causation, and the dilemmas of freedom and necessity, along …