Chekhov\u2019s stories are difficult to write about. Even professional literary critics will often preface their analyses by reminding readers of the subtle, delicate, nuanced nature of Chekhov\u2019s innovations. Imagine my delight then when, in the context of our WR 100 seminar on nineteenth century Russian literary masterpieces, I sat down to read Sandya Kola\u2019s final paper. It is an\u00a0ambitious and original investigation into one of Chekhov\u2019s most famous\u2014and most studied\u2014stories,\u00a0\u201cThe Lady with the Little Dog.\u201d The psychological depth of this piece\u00a0is matched by Sandya\u2019s careful and inspired\u00a0attention to Chekhov\u2019s poetics, scene by scene, detail by detail. Using two important critical studies to frame her argument, Sandya does a wonderful job balancing their insights with her own, and comes up with a convincing conclusion about ways in which Chekhov\u2019s characters are truly individuals.<\/p>\n
\u2014 MARIA GAPOTCHENKO<\/strong> Chekhov\u2019s stories are difficult to write about. Even professional literary critics will often preface their analyses by reminding readers of the subtle, delicate, nuanced nature of Chekhov\u2019s innovations. Imagine my delight then when, in the context of our WR 100 seminar on nineteenth century Russian literary masterpieces, I sat down to read Sandya Kola\u2019s final […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4801,"featured_media":0,"parent":12101,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12138"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4801"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12138"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12257,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12138\/revisions\/12257"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWR 100:\u00a0Russian Literary Masterpieces<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"