When Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn entered the world stage in the 1960s, the West interpreted him without preconceptions. Then the West turned against him with a vengeance. The great exception to this turn was France--"France!"--where virtually all of his writings appeared in translation and where intellectuals took instruction from him on the…

Selected Ukrainian poetry rendered in identical or equivalent English meter makes this annotated anthology the first comprehensive survey of this poetry in English. A substantial introduction to the literature of the Ukraine points out the historical development and sociological significance of this literature. The complete text of the 12th…

Topics, materials, and assignments are provided for 49 literature lessons for tenth grade, plus review notes. Subject matter includes Gorky, Mayakovsky, Soviet literature in the 1920s, the 1930s, Tolstoi, the Great Patriotic War, Sholokhov, and modern foreign literature. (ND)

The author sees a need for a new approach to the study of literature which will blend teachers' insights into literary analysis with meaningful primary source reading by students. Creative teaching methods should integrate the literary-historical approach with contemporary reading and assessment of a work. (Author/AV)

The reading materials for fifth grade are listed and annotated. They include selections from Bylina, Krylov, Pushkin, Lermontov, Kataev, Polevoi, Nagibin, and Homer. (ND)

A discussion of fifth-grade literature needs and the rationale for the literature program. The materials adopted for the program are described. (ND)

The reading materials for sixth grade are listed and annotated. They include selections from Pushkin, Gogol, Chekhov, Gorky, Tolstoi, and Cervantes. (ND)

Discussion of sixth-grade literature needs and discussion of the literature program covers the tasks of studying literature and the sixth-grade "Native Literature" reader. (ND)

This paper analyses Kazakhstan's new generation literature textbooks for Kazakh-medium schools, with a focus on national identity and citizenship constructs that the revised textbooks promote. By comparing the literature textbooks of the Soviet and post-Soviet periods, the paper discusses Soviet institutional and cultural legacies that continue to…

Topics, materials, and assignments are provided for 94 literature lessons for eighth grade. Subject matter includes Russian literature, 18th century literature, and individual authors such as Moliere, Pushkin, and Byron. (ND)

Topics, materials, and assignments are provided for 123 literature lessons for ninth grade. Subject matter includes Second Period of Russian Liberation Movement, Ostrovskii, Shakespeare, Goethe, and Balzac. (ND)

The author criticizes teacher training programs for omitting training in aesthetics and literary criticism. Teachers must be able to analyze literature and related arts in order to show students the social conflicts and driving forces in works of literature. (Author/AV)

A well-rounded person must know the history of literature and be able to morally and aesthetically analyze works of art in order to appreciate modern reality. Dry, rationalistic teaching methods create students with apathetic and poorly developed literary skills. (Author/AV)

Student interest in literature is best developed through the creation of a "poetic mood" by the teacher. There also is a need for literature curriculum to be planned by grade levels to match student interest and maturity. (AV)

Some papers from a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) symposium, "Significant Russian/Soviet Cultural and Pedagogical Developments of the 1980s: Educating American Students for the Year 2000," are presented. After an explanation of the system of transliteration used in the works, the following papers and authors are included:…