Matt F Oja
Biographic Data
| ID | 1056085 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matt F Oja |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matt F |
| FAMILY NAME | Oja |
| SIGNATURE | OJA M F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgetown University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Traktorizatsiia As Cultural Conflict, 1929-1933
The Russian peasant is a singular compound of laziness, activity, carelessness, and good nature. When he chooses to work, he will work well and with a will, but he must be allowed his own ways, and frequent breathing spells. He seems to have no sense whatever of the value of time, and finds it difficult to comprehend how new methods are better than the old, or machines than hard labor. At first he will break and put out of order all the agricultu…
The Gulag Handbook
Bulgakov's Ironic Parallel between Margarita and Afranius
One of the most intriguing aspects of Mikhail Bulgakov's Master i Margarita is the complex and deeply significant system of parallels the author has set up between the Moscow and Jerusalem stories. These parallels have produced, in much scholarly analysis of the novel, a strong tendency toward what Andrew Barratt has called a "monistic" approach: An interpretation of the work as a double novel, or two variations of the same "master story," acted …
Toward a Definition of Camp Literature
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Fictional History and Historical Fiction
Even a modest familiarity with the literature on Stalin's purges and the rise of the Soviet gulag system is sufficient to convince the reader that it is generally characterized by a rather confusing ambiguity of genre. For instance, many of the memoirs seem so historical, somehow, that they tend to be regarded as something like a substitute for more proper academic historiography.1 Indeed, it is not uncommon to see even works of outright fiction …
Iurii Olesha’s Zavist ’
Iurii Olesha's minor masterpiece Zavisf is a confusing and difficult novel because of its often fantastic atmosphere. The action takes place on a variety of levels of reality, ranging from the ordinary objective world through stages of fantasy to outright dreams. Because Olesha's transitions between these levels are abrupt and unannounced, it is often easy to miss them. Most criticism of the work simply accepts this confusion at face value: Zavis…
The peacetime functions of soviet civil defense
Bulgakov's Ironic Parallel between Margarita and Afranius
One of the most intriguing aspects of Mikhail Bulgakov's Master i Margarita is the complex and deeply significant system of parallels the author has set up between the Moscow and Jerusalem stories. These parallels have produced, in much scholarly analysis of the novel, a strong tendency toward what Andrew Barratt has called a "monistic" approach: An interpretation of the work as a double novel, or two variations of the same "master story," acted …
Fictional History and Historical Fiction
Even a modest familiarity with the literature on Stalin's purges and the rise of the Soviet gulag system is sufficient to convince the reader that it is generally characterized by a rather confusing ambiguity of genre. For instance, many of the memoirs seem so historical, somehow, that they tend to be regarded as something like a substitute for more proper academic historiography.1 Indeed, it is not uncommon to see even works of outright fiction …
The peacetime functions of soviet civil defense
Iurii Olesha’s Zavist ’
Iurii Olesha's minor masterpiece Zavisf is a confusing and difficult novel because of its often fantastic atmosphere. The action takes place on a variety of levels of reality, ranging from the ordinary objective world through stages of fantasy to outright dreams. Because Olesha's transitions between these levels are abrupt and unannounced, it is often easy to miss them. Most criticism of the work simply accepts this confusion at face value: Zavis…
Fictional History and Historical Fiction
Even a modest familiarity with the literature on Stalin's purges and the rise of the Soviet gulag system is sufficient to convince the reader that it is generally characterized by a rather confusing ambiguity of genre. For instance, many of the memoirs seem so historical, somehow, that they tend to be regarded as something like a substitute for more proper academic historiography.1 Indeed, it is not uncommon to see even works of outright fiction …
Toward a Definition of Camp Literature
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Gulag Handbook
Bulgakov's Ironic Parallel between Margarita and Afranius
One of the most intriguing aspects of Mikhail Bulgakov's Master i Margarita is the complex and deeply significant system of parallels the author has set up between the Moscow and Jerusalem stories. These parallels have produced, in much scholarly analysis of the novel, a strong tendency toward what Andrew Barratt has called a "monistic" approach: An interpretation of the work as a double novel, or two variations of the same "master story," acted …
Traktorizatsiia As Cultural Conflict, 1929-1933
The Russian peasant is a singular compound of laziness, activity, carelessness, and good nature. When he chooses to work, he will work well and with a will, but he must be allowed his own ways, and frequent breathing spells. He seems to have no sense whatever of the value of time, and finds it difficult to comprehend how new methods are better than the old, or machines than hard labor. At first he will break and put out of order all the agricultu…
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