Interdepartmental Program in European Cultural Studies

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Dessert Lecture Series

Each semester, the European Cultural Studies program invites a renowned guest speaker to campus to present their work to Brandeis students and faculty. Sponsored by the Center for German and European Studies.

Selling the Story: Literature & Economics in 19th c. Russia

Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 4:05 pm
Golding 107

This lecture by Dr. Jonathan Paine, University of Oxford, explores the changing economic context of Russian literary production over the course of the nineteenth century, and how this context influenced the texts themselves. Throughout the century, Russia lagged far behind the Industrial Revolution sweeping across Western Europe. At the beginning of the century a readership prepared to pay for literary output of any kind barely existed. By its end, a mass market was emerging. How did writers respond, and how can we now detect traces of their responses in what they wrote? Co-sponsored by the International Business School and the Russian Studies Program.

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