The Head of the Department

V.P.Kazarin, professor, doctor philological sciences
Phone:+38 (0652) 23-22-76, 23-83-89
E-mail: kazarin@tnu.crimea.ua

History

It was established in 1918. Prominent scholars worked here in the past, including the following: Correspondent Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences E. V. Petukhov, Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences and Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences N. K. Gudziy and others. Today it is directed by Professor V. P. Kazarin

Faculty Members

Professors: V. P. Kazarin (history of Russian literature of the first half of the 19th century, literary country studies), M. A. Novikova (theory and practice of translation, fundamental theory of language communication) and L. A. Orekhova (history of Russian literature of the 19th century, literary country studies);
Assistant Professors: L. M. Borisova (theory of literature, history of the 'Silver Age' Russian literature, modem Russian literature), R. M. Goriunova (history of modern Russian literature, literary country studies), G. A. Ziabreva (history of Russian literature of the late 19th century to the early 20th century, literary country studies), N. A. Kobzev (theory of literature, literature of neighbouring countries, history of modem literature), I. V. Aleksandrova (history of Russian literature of the early 19th century, general course), S. 0. Kurianov (theory of literature, history of Ancient Russian literature, history and theory of literary criticism), N. Kh. Kerasidi (Latin, ancient literature), N. V. Zhukova (introduction to literature studies, history of foreign medieval and Renaissance literature), N. A. Ischenko (history of foreign literature), V. V. Silin (history of foreign literature, theory of literature), V. V. Lavrov (history of the Russian literature of the 20th century, Russian oral folk literature, S. A. Lukianov (Russian oral folk literature, Ancient Russian literature), A. D. Terletskiy (Russian literature of the second half of 19th century) and I. M. Bogoyavlenskaya (major issues of modem literature, literary country studies, introduction to literature studies).

Areas of Research

The Department annually hosts Pushkin conferences and readings, international conferences of major issues related to the theory and history of Russian literature. A school of Pushkin studies has been set up at the Department. More than 50 publications have been dedicated to this topic; one of the most original works is a reference dictionary titled Culture of the Stone in the Aesthetics and World Outlook of A. S. Pushkin. The Department offers postgraduate and doctoral programs. It publishes academic periodicals: The Crimean Archive and Russian Literature Issues.