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Melancholic Identities, Toska and Reflective Nostalgia
This book examines the feeling that we often refer to as 'nostalgia' from the perspective of writers and artists located on the (imperial, Soviet, and Post-Soviet) periphery of Russian culture who regard the center of the culture from which they have been excluded with varying degrees of longing and ambivalence. The literary and artistic texts analyzed here have been shaped by these author's ruminations on social and psychological marginalization, a process that S. Boym has called 'reflective nostalgia' and that the authors of this volume also refer to as 'toska'
Young Scholars' Developments in Philology
Culture as a way of bringing meaning into life is maintained through discourse. In search of factors influencing discourse effectiveness, this volume brings together young scholars from Russia, France, Pakistan, Slovakia and Lebanon to focus on variation as an essential feature of meaning producing communication, in its multiple aspects and settings. The book is based on papers presented during online sessions on cross-cultural discourse, literary analysis and language education of the 7th International Young Researchers Conference “Studying and Teaching Philology” held in Ulyanovsk, Russia, in 2017. In Part I, Irina Zhuchkova explores variation in academic discourse on discourse. In the...
Aspects of Grammaticalization
This volume advances our understanding of two highly debated aspects of grammaticalization: its relation to (inter)subjectification and its directionality. These aspects are studied with respect to such phenomena as auxiliaries, discourse markers, conjunctions, prepositions and pronouns. Bringing together a wide range of languages, the collection provides insight into the crucial dimensions of grammaticalization research.
Lidé v nahotě
Ne, kniha Lidé v nahotě nevypráví o nudistech, jak by se mohlo na první pohled zdát. Svérázně napsaný, autobiografický román Andreje Astvacaturova svým stylem připomíná prózu Sergeje Dovlatova. S velkou mírou ironie popisuje život ,,obrýleného intelektuála“, který je unavený nevzdělaností nejen mezi svými známými, ale i mezi vysokoškolskými studenty a vyučujícími. Proti tomuto jevu používá jediný lék – humor a ironii, jimiž naplňuje každou stránku knihy. Děj se odehrává především v 90. letech 20. století, v ,,nejkulturnějším“ městě Ruska, v Petrohradě. Vypravěč ve svých vzpomínkách znovu prožívá zážitky ze školy a undergroundových shromáždění, není to ale jen slepá a sladká nostalgie, Astvacaturov dokáže být zpětně hodně kritický a kousavý.
Naked people
I ritratti pietroburghesi delle “persone messe a nudo” di Astvacaturov ci mostrano lo spaesamento, le contraddizioni, l’ironia e gli strategemmi per sopravvivere alla dura realtà. La Russia, dagli anni ’70 a oggi, rivive i tempi difficili della fine del comunismo, della transizione e della contemporaneità con uno spirito beffardo e al tempo stesso autoironico.
The Voice Over
Maria Stepanova is one of the most powerful and distinctive voices of Russia’s first post-Soviet literary generation. An award-winning poet and prose writer, she has also founded a major platform for independent journalism. Her verse blends formal mastery with a keen ear for the evolution of spoken language. As Russia’s political climate has turned increasingly repressive, Stepanova has responded with engaged writing that grapples with the persistence of violence in her country’s past and present. Some of her most remarkable recent work as a poet and essayist considers the conflict in Ukraine and the debasement of language that has always accompanied war. The Voice Over brings together...
Relocations
Three of the strongest voices of the "Babylon Generation," named for the Russian journal that began publishing their work
The Librarian
If Ryu Murakami had written War and Peace As the introduction to this book will tell you, the books by Gromov, obscure and long forgotten propaganda author of the Soviet era, have such an effect on their readers that they suddenly enjoy supernatural powers. Understandably, their readers need to keep accessing these books at all cost and gather into groups around book-bearers, or, as they're called, librarians. Alexei, until now a loser, comes to collect an uncle's inheritance and unexpectedly becomes a librarian. He tells his extraordinary, unbelievable story.
Nanofabrication
Intended to update scientists and engineers on the current state of the art in a variety of key techniques used extensively in the fabrication of structures at the nanoscale. The present work covers the essential technologies for creating sub 25 nm features lithographically, depositing layers with nanometer control, and etching patterns and structures at the nanoscale. A distinguishing feature of this book is a focus not on extension of microelectronics fabrication, but rather on techniques applicable for building NEMS, biosensors, nanomaterials, photonic crystals, and other novel devices and structures that will revolutionize society in the coming years.
