Browsing University of Missouri-Columbia by Thesis Department "Russian and slavonic studies (MU)"
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Cultural identity of bilingual adults : a case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)This case study of the cultural identity of bilingual adults aims to discover the changes in the self-identification of sequential Russian-English bilingual adults that occur as a result of the immersion in the second ... -
Freedom and self-knowledge in the dramatic works of Anton Chekhov
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)In his five major dramatic works, Anton Chekhov crafts characters who struggle with existential despair as a result of their inability to perform such actions. This focus on action and inaction raises analogous questions ... -
Gender and propaganda at the crossroads (the case of Svetlana Alexievich)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Soviet women played an important role during World War II, both in combat, and on the home front. The purpose of this thesis is to examine their role ... -
Identifying and understanding the philosophical and historical context of Vladimir Putin's rhetoric through his New Year addresses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)As leader of the Russian Federation, a state with both a large military stockpile and veto power in the United Nations, it is important to understand who Vladimir Putin is as a leader. In order to do so, we must first ... -
The quarrel as a "living word" in Chekhov's early short stories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)This thesis focuses on Chekhov's early stories written in the period from 1879 to 1886. It argues that Chekhov's quarrel is a particular literary type through analysis of its functions, uses and role in the development of ... -
Recreation of Chernobyl trauma in Svetlana Aleksiyevich's Chernobylʹskaya molitva
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Little has been written about the literary methodology of the contemporary Belarusian writer Svetlana Aleksiyevich. The main purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the aesthetic manipulation of factographic content ... -
Remaining relevant in the digital age: the role of the writer in contemporary Russia (the case of Tat'iana Tolstaia)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)The present thesis studies Facebook publication activity of a popular contemporary Russian writer, Tat'iana Tolstaia. I argue that her posting contributes to the development of social capital (Bourdieu, 1986) among her ... -
Time and space as artistic conventions in Chekhov and Dostoyevsky
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)Artistic categories of time and space have been studied extensively. There are certain conventions accepted for different genres in terms of time and space organization. Arrangement of time and space in Chekhov's plays is ... -
Worldmaking in The Gray House by Mariam Petrosian
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Disability in narrative often displays negative patterns such as overcoming a disability, exceptional achievements, the association of poverty and crime, and "fixing" someone. Mariam Petrosian breaks these patterns in the ...