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Alfred B. Lord '34, Porter Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature, who teaches Humanities 9a, said yesterday his lectures are overcrowded, but he does not think it causes a problem...
...trying to mend a few fences in Eastern Europe. Last week Soviet Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev flew to Belgrade-his first journey to Yugoslavia in five years. The effusive Brezhnev greeted Yugoslav President Josi f Broz Tito with three kisses and an exuberant bear hug. This was one more Slavic smooch than usual -perhaps an index of how anxious Moscow is to improve relations with the independent Yugoslavs. At an official dinner at the Federal Executive Council Building, Brezhnev ridiculed as "fairy tales" the widespread fears that Moscow would attempt to interfere in Yugoslav affairs after the 84-year...
...even older tradition, though. In fact, he believes he is carrying the mantle of the great storytellers of all time, including himself among such epic figures as Homer, Vergil and Dante, as well as Bob Dylan, B.B. King, and John Coltrane. Albert B. Lord, Porter Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature, and lecturer in Hum 9b, Oral and Popular Literature, calls Blue "sui-generis" though. Lord believes that Blue "does not really belong to any particular tradition in storytelling." He says that Blue relies on autobiographical material in an improvisational way. "As far as I know, Blue's stories...
...this month, wouldn't have deceived Mrs. Widener into believing that order in her library still reigned. He's one of hundreds of students who can be seen scurrying around from the catalogues to the stacks throughout the summer. You most likely can spot Garner near shelves filled with Slavic literature. Garner says that he has always been "fascinated by linguistics and loved Russian literature" as an undergraduate at Princeton and so he decided last year to continue his studies in Slavic. Because he really wants to teach, Garner tries not to worry about the academic job market. Besides...
...students of Slavic 197, "Survey of Russian Drama," who did much of the work for this production of The Dragon, have emphasized the play's fairy-tale qualities. The backdrop shines a luminescent blue, with hints of a leafy forest in the foreground and a decidedly Russian castle, topped with domes, in the back. The sets are appropriately simple: a cottage hearth, a wooden throne, a table set for a peasant feast. The costumes fit the set, with most of the characters dressed in traditional Russian style, and the dragon, in human form, wearing a military costume...