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Papers On Russian Literature
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Turgenev’s “Fathers and Sons”: The Character Bazarov and a Portrayal of Nihilism
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A 5 page overview of Turgenev’s portrayal of nihilism in the novel “Fathers and Sons”. Turgenev actually invented the term nihilist in this novel and uses the young medical student Evgenii Bazarov to exemplify it. The novel is neither an attack or defense on Bazarov. Instead it is an analysis of the sometimes circular thought paths which characterized the time. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPfathr2.rtf
Valentin Rasputin's Farewell To Matyora
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Valentin Rasputin has given
the ignorant reason to pause and consider the many levels of
technological progression in his novel, Farewell To Matyora. This 5
page paper explores the story's view on technology as opposed to nature.
Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KTmatyra.wps
Velimir Khlebnikov - An 'Ultimate Poet'
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A 6 page paper discussing the Russian futurist and poet, Velimir Khlebnikov and his magical use of words and vision which led to him being known as an 'Ultimate Poet.' Bibliography lists five sources.
Filename: Velimir.rtf
Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita: A Critical Review
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This 5 page thesis paper contends that Lolita is misunderstood as an immoral work, and must be read objectively to be appreciated. Several arguments are made to support the point. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA109Lol .wps
Yuri Olesha's "Envy"
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A five page paper on this novel by Soviet novelist Yuri Olesha. The paper compares two of the characters, Babichev and Kavalerov, in terms of their political views and their significance to the human condition. Bibliography lists two sources.
Filename: KBolesha.wps
“A Comparison Between The Protagonists in The Darling and Their Eyes Were Watching God”
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An eight page paper which compares and contrast the characters of Olenka, in Chekhov’s The Darling, and Janie, in Thurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, in terms of the similarities and differences between the two women’s lives, personalities and relationships with men.
Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: JLchekhovthurston.wps
“Death of Ivan Ilyich” by Tolstoy
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A 5 page paper which discusses what it was that Ivan Ilyich
learned about the life he had led. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAivan.rtf
“Dr. Zhivago”: A Story of Destiny
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A 15 page overview of Boris Pasternak’s “Dr. Zhivago”, a novel first published in Italy in 1957. The novel is commonly perceived as a political novel. Even more important than the political overtones of the novel, however, is the human drama which it reveals. In “Dr. Zhivago” Pasternak manages to incorporate many critical aspects of culture, of conflict, and of the overriding importance of the individual and human interrelationships. It is a story of friendship, of interpersonal relationships and a story of destiny. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPzhivag.rtf
“Fathers and Sons”: An Analysis of the Eighteenth Century Novel by Ivan Turgenev
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A 9 page paper outlining the major theme of Turgenev’s novel contrasted with the social movements of the time. Identifies two major philosophical directions of the time, that which stood in respect of the age old institutions and ideologies of Russia and that of nihilism or positivism. Asserts that in many respects Turgenev’s “Fathers and Sons” was a call for the intelligensia of the day to reject the cold scientific calculation which characterized the movement and to at least partially reembrace romanticism. Demonstrates this assertion with quotes from the novel and an exhaustive review of the precepts of nihilism. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPfathrs.rtf
“Kafka’s Metamorphoses”
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A paper which looks at the way in which Kafka deals with the bleakness of the human condition and the ironies of fate in Metamorphoses and In the Penal Colony.
Filename: JLkafka.wps
“The family unit in Anna Karenina”
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A paper which looks at the way the family is treated in Anna Karenina, in terms of social and cultural values, the respective roles played by men and women in society, and the way that infidelity is perceived and dealt with on a gender-oriented basis.
Filename: JLannakar.wps
