Russian Literature - Tumblr Posts
There's something so intimate about reading a book in its original language. Seeing exactly what the author wanted to you to understand, without the veil of imprecise wording.
Rainy sundays are perfect for reading russian literature and drinking hot strawberry tea
I initially started reading Master and Margarita for the literary value and because it's considered to be a great work of literature, but this cat (Behemoth) is the main reason that I'm still reading this book.
I FINALLY finished reading Master and Margarita.
I have no words to describe just how long it took me to finish reading this one single book, but now that I did I can finally cross it out on my main reading list after it has been waiting there ever since the pandemic.
That's why I decided to finally get around watching the most recent Master and Margarita movie and honestly? Not bad.
Plotwise I think they did great considering the amount of material that they had to fit into a 2hr 30min-ish movie.
The casting was spot-on, the German actor August Diehl played Woland/The Devil, which was really surprising as his Russian was really good.
Another pleasant surprise was that the actor who played Satan (Yuri Kolokolnikov, he was also in GoT!) in Doomsday/Конец света starred along as Koroviev, which really showed a new interesting side to his acting.
Music, costumes and especially the scenery was really good, my only slight disappointment was that Behemoth the cat got significantly less screen-time and that he wasn't as behemoth and chaotic as described (see below - I just think that the movie Behemoth doesn't really match the energy of the book Behemoth)
Nonetheless, it's a solid 8 from me, so I recommend checking out Мастер и Маргарита/ Master and Margarita!
my psychiatrist just diagnosed me with 19th century russian literature character
Rip Anna Karenina, you would have loved
I was obsessed with Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita book a lot for the recent months and i actually made some concepts for these evil fellas ^^
What you do when my gang pull up ^_^
lubov, razluka…
Tyutchev - suka.
Mikhail Zoshchenko “The Blue Book”
communal apartment
Myasnov lost everything and has to clean his teeth with the candlestick
@asya_lisina XX @spvlv Мушкин Масоны и иллюминаты вам смешны? Не верите вы в параллельные миры? Как опрометчиво, ведь ямба и хорея завитушки Плел не арап Петра Великого, а некто Мушкин
❃ a nest of gentry / dvoryanskoe gnezdo (1969) dir. andrey konchalovsky — adaptation of ivan turgenev's (1818 - 1883) novel of the same name, which is also translated into english as ‘a nest of the gentlefolk’ or ‘home of the gentry’ ❃
(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ+ bonus*･゜ﾟ･*☆
Reading classics while blasting classical music >>>>
A girl I don't like just posted that she found a perfectly preserved vintage copy of crime and punishment in a second hand book shop.
I am livid and about to commit petty theft.
I have been learning Russian for two and a half months ("I wanna read Dostoyevsky in the original" - the queen's gambit) and it's such a simple language, apart from the pronouns.
Pronouns are horrible in Russian :(
Stay yourself, stay curious
My literature professor agreed to teach the class ''white nights'' per my request.
I am far more than pleased.
Stay yourself, stay curious
As a communist, leisure is something I find especially sacred. No matter what area a person finds fascinating, I believe that person should have the right to indulge in it (given it is harmless). The pure idea of a world in which an inspiring historian has to sit at a desk and click on buttons to survive sickens me, let alone the reality of it. As long as you can, especially if you are young enough -
Read that Wikipedia article.
Analyse those films.
Learn that instrument.
There is a reason all my post end with
Stay yourself, Stay curious.
I love you people going into "useless" fields I love you classics majors I love you cultural studies majors I love you comparative literature majors I love you film studies majors I love you near eastern religions majors I love you Greek, Latin, and Hebrew majors I love you ethnic studies I love you people going into any and all small field that isn't considered lucrative in our rotting capitalist society please never stop keeping the sacred flame of knowledge for the sake of knowledge and understanding humanity and not merely for the sake of money alive