Works and Criticism

This section examines specific works in a critical light. It also includes several academic works that examine literary history and/or the cultural significance of specific literature.

June 26, 2024

Immorality and “General Hypnotism” in Chekhov’s “Gooseberries”

In Anton Chekhov’s short story “Gooseberries,” the societal diagnosis of general hypnotism is developed through carefully manipulated and positioned detail. This general hypnotism is defined as when a person is happy only because they have apparently been blinded to the suffering of others. As the character Nikolay Ivanovitch becomes consumed by his desire for wealth […]

Works and Criticism

Immorality and “General Hypnotism” in Chekhov’s “Gooseberries”

Mikhail Bulgakov, Master and Margarita, and Truth in the USSR.

Science Fiction and Fantasy From Behind the Iron Curtain

Crime and Publishing: How Dostoevskii Changed the British Murder

A Conflict of Traditions: Caucasian Cultural Barriers in 19th Century Russian Literature

The Hero of Cana: Alyosha’s Ode to Joy in The Brothers Karamazov

Suicide as a Final Reconciliation of Conflicting Identities in The Brothers Karamazov

Worlds within Words: A Translation of Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky’s ‘The Rosary’

Accessible Art and Dialectic Potential: The Soviet Legacy in the Art community of Kyrgyzstan