The course described here offers computer-based instruction (CBI) in the history of the Russian literary language. It is designed to follow an introductory CBI Slavic course. The object of the course is to introduce graduate students in Russian literature to the types of changes that language in general, and Russian literary language in…

Describes, evaluates, and suggests possible improvements in Russian language and literature instruction in Soviet elementary and secondary schools. Recommends combining curriculum materials developed by the Ministry of Education in Moscow with materials of local origin in order to increase student interest. (Author/DB)

Presents the results of a study that supports the premise that children should read literature written for children in other countries to increase their knowledge and understanding of other cultures. Includes a bibliography of Russian children's literature. (AEA)

Topics, materials, and assignments are provided for 49 literature lessons for tenth grade, plus review notes. Subject matter includes Gorky, Mayakovsky, Soviet literature in the 1920s, the 1930s, Tolstoi, the Great Patriotic War, Sholokhov, and modern foreign literature. (ND)

In 1870, after the successful publication of "War and Peace," Leo Tolstoy began imagining a story about a high-born society woman, "Anna Karenina," who destroys her life by having an adulterous affair. By presenting his adulteress as a sympathetic character, Tolstoy aimed to expose injustices in such Russian institutions as…

Paper to be presented at the Seventh International Congress of Slavists in Warsaw, Poland, August 1973. (DS)

A discussion of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's novels, The First Circle" and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," and a recommendation for their inclusion in the English curriculum. (RD)

Provides annotations for 25 books containing stories from and about countries that are now part of the Soviet Union. Suggests that they can help children become aware of cultures other than their own. (FL)

The third in a series of articles presenting annotations of books from and about the Soviet Union. (FL)

Discusses English reading texts used in the Soviet Union, which are English translations of Russian literature. Notes that such literature divides attention between the traditional and the progressive elements of Soviet culture. (DF)

A semester study program for American students in Leningrad is described. Student selection, directors, participating schools, housing, courses and academic program, extra-curricular activities, and facilities are discussed. Suggested improvements included shorter class hours, fewer hours per week, lecture revisions, institution of required…

Explains a process drama which was constructed to help high school juniors better understand country life in Russia, and to help them empathetically bond with the characters in the short stories they were assigned to read. Describes how this role-playing challenged the false notion held by students that serfdom in Russia was similar to slavery in…

In an era of tight library budgets, librarians must carefully consider materials selection. The interdisciplinary nature of the social science and humanities fields makes determining what a researcher needs a difficult task. This study seeks to determine what materials are being used by scholars in the field of Russian and Slavic studies analyzing…