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The Slavic Literature Pod The Slavic Literature Pod
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The Slavic Literature Pod is your guide to one of the most important—yet understudied—literary traditions. Every episode, Russian literature PhD Candidate Matt Gerasimovich and Personable Audio Expert Cameron Lallana dive deep into big books, short stories, film, and everything in between. You’ll get an approachable introduction to the scholarship and big ideas surrounding this canon three Fridays per month.
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Life and Fate Read Along: Part 3, Chapter 36
Covering thoughts shared by some of our listeners on our Discord and on social media about Part 3, Chapter 36 of Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate. You can read our post about the chapter here.
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Life and Fate Read Along: Part 3, Chapter 35
Covering thoughts shared by some of our listeners on our Discord and on social media about Part 3, Chapter 35 of Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate. You can read our post about the chapter here.
If you haven't already signed up to get daily emails reflecting on each chapter of Life and Fate, you can do so on our website.
Be sure to follow us on Instagram and join our Discord to participate in the discussion -
Life and Fate Read Along: Part 3, Chapter 34
Covering thoughts shared by some of our listeners on our Discord and on social media about Part 3, Chapter 34 of Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate. You can read our post about the chapter here.
If you haven't already signed up to get daily emails reflecting on each chapter of Life and Fate, you can do so on our website.
Be sure to follow us on Instagram and join our Discord to participate in the discussion. -
Life and Fate Read Along: Part 3, Chapter 33
Covering thoughts shared by some of our listeners on our Discord and on social media about Part 3, Chapter 33 of Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate. You can read our post about the chapter here.
If you haven't already signed up to get daily emails reflecting on each chapter of Life and Fate, you can do so on our website.
Be sure to follow us on Instagram and join our Discord to participate in the discussion. -
Life and Fate Read Along: Part 3, Chapter 32
Covering thoughts shared by some of our listeners on our Discord and on social media about Part 3, Chapter 32 of Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate. You can read our post about the chapter here.
If you haven't already signed up to get daily emails reflecting on each chapter of Life and Fate, you can do so on our website.
Be sure to follow us on Instagram and join our Discord to participate in the discussion. -
Aelita (1924) by Protazanov
Show Notes:
This week, Matt and Cameron dive into the 1924 film Aelita, directed by Yakov Protazanov, to learn more about very early Soviet sci-fi, New Economic Policy anxiety, and Martian socialist revolution. It’s the most fun you didn’t know you could have with a silent film. Get your plans for your rocket ship, write “Anta Odeli Uta” on your window, and tune in!
Major themes: Is popular media art?, Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Missing Sugar,
12:51 - Cinema and Soviet Society: From the Revolution to the Death of Stalin by Peter Kenez
16:38 - “Women as Princesses or Comrades: Ambivalence in Yakov Protazanov’s ‘Aelita’ “ by Peter Christensen
The music used in this episode was “Старое Кино / Staroye Kino,” by Перемотка / Peremotka. You can find more of their work on Bandcamp and Youtube.
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