The Slavic Literature Pod

The Slavic Literature Pod

The Slavic Literature Pod is your guide to the literary traditions in and around the Slavic world. On each episode, Cameron Lallana sits down with scholars, translators and other experts to 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 these canons roughly two Fridays per month.

  1. 12/05/2025

    Earth (1930) directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko

    Show Notes: This week, Cameron dives into the final entry into Ukrainian director Oleksandr Dovzhenko’s Silent Trilogy, “Earth” (1930). The film’s deceptively simple plot—of a tractor delivery to a collectivizing village in Ukraine is followed by the murder of a local Bolshevik organizer—doesn’t hinder its avant-garde stylings, employing a montage of loose logical associations better described as dream logic, moving from people to fruit to threshing in a way that demands your attention.  Yeah, that’s right — I’m arguing that a socialist realist work about tractors is super interesting. A novel concept for the podcast, I know.  You can watch Earth (1930) in excellent quality here: “Earth” (1930) x biju Offscreen Dreams and Collective Synthesis in Dovzhenko’s Earth by Elizabeth A. Papazian All in the Foreground: A Study of Dovzhenko’s Earth by Gilberto Perez Dovzhenko: Folk Tale and Revolution by Gilberto Perez Death and life on Alexander Dovzhenko by Jonathan Rosenbaum The Dovzhenko Papers by Marco Carynnyk Who is Hidden behind the Figure of a Genius? The Context of Dovzhenko’s Work by Anna Tsymbal  Subversions in Dovzhenko’s Earth by Romana M. Bahry “Ukranian masterpieces: Earth (1930) - Dovzhenko” Earth: Analysis of Film Form, Auteur Characteristics and Context 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.  Our links: Website | ⁠Discord⁠  Socials: Instagram⁠ | BlueSky | Twitter⁠ | Facebook Questions, comments, want to hear your voice on a bonus episode? Send us an email at slaviclitpod@gmail.com. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

    1h 14m
4.9
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48 Ratings

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The Slavic Literature Pod is your guide to the literary traditions in and around the Slavic world. On each episode, Cameron Lallana sits down with scholars, translators and other experts to 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 these canons roughly two Fridays per month.

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