Contents of The Russian Context

Part I. A Framework for the Russian Context
   1. Russian History   William Comer

Part II. Contexts in Language
   Introduction to Literature   Valentina Zaitseva
   2. Quoting Russian Poetry   Valentina Zaitseva
   3. Quoting Russian Prose   Valentina Zaitseva
   4. Children's Literature   Robert Rothstein and Halina Weiss
   5. Proverbs   Olga T. Yokoyama

Part III. Contexts of Spectacle
   6. Theater in Language   Eloise M. Boyle
   7. Music and Dance   Thomas Garza
   8. Art and the Language of Russian Culture   James D. West
       An Addendum by Michael Ivanov
   9. Popular Entertainment   Ludmila Pruner

Part IV. Reality in the Russian Context
   10. Geography   Genevra Gerhart
   11. Government and Language   Lawrence Mansour
   12. Science as Language   Olga T. Yokoyama
         An Addendum by Alexander Prokhorov

Appendixes
   1. A Note on Transliteration
   2. Geographical Designations
   3. Periodical Titles
   4. Finding Russian Content on the Internet
   5. Using the CD-ROM
   6. Bibliography

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