Word: slavic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...early meeting of Slavic 155, commonly known as "Tolstoyevsky," he opened the lecture with: "There are too many people in this course. Auditors, go homel" A week later he was able to boast, "I chased all the auditors off in a day or two." The trouble was that many who had come as auditors stayed as regularly enrolled members, so that Poggioli had to announce, "We are moving from Emerson A to Longfellow Terrace. It should be very interesting teaching Dostoevsky and Tolstoy in Longfellow...
This trend in the Soviet Union has been observed by Michael Karpovich, the Curt Huge Reisinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature. "There was considerable variety of thought immediately after the Revolution," Karpovich said, "but now thought is so uniform that it is boring...
Russophile or Russophobe, if you are interested in drama you should consider Slavic 147. Associate Professor Wiktor Weintraub is giving "Modern Slavic Drama," from 1800 on, for the first time and will deal with selected plays translated from both Russian and Polish. Chekhov will be the main attraction, Sever 21 will be the stage...
...Slavic 155 gives students a chance to read almost all the major works of Dostoievski and Tolstoy. Professor Renato Poggioli plays the Grand Inquistor in Emerson...
Michael Karpovich, Chairman of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, will become the first holder of the newly established Curt Hugo Reisinger Professorship of Slavic Languages and Literatures, McGeorge Bundy, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, announced last week...