Matthew McGarry
Entered PhD program in Fall, 2005
Previous Education:
BA - University of Kansas - Slavic Languages and Literature, English, Russian and East European Studies - 2000
MA - University of Kansas - Slavic Languages and Literatures - 2005
Research Interests: 20 th Century Russian prose and poetry; Andrei Bitov; Vladimir Nabokov; Mikhail Bulgakov; Mandel'shtam and Pasternak; Narrative manifestations of selfhood and consciousness; Mikhail Bakhtin (early ethical writings); Yuri Lotman
Hometown: Lawrence, Kansas and Woodbridge, New Jersey
Courses taught/positions held:
Classes Taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Slavic 102 First Year Russian (Spring Semester 2006)
Slavic 101 First Year Russian (Fall Semester 2005)
Classes Taught at the University of Kansas, Lawrence
Russian 110 Intensive First Year Russian (Summer 2004)
Russian 104 First Year Russian Grammar (Fall Semester 2003)
Russian 108 First Year Russian Grammar (Spring Semester 2004)
Russian 108 First Year Russian Conversation (Spring Semester 2003)
Russian 104 First Year Russian Conversation (Fall Semester 2002)
Classes Taught at Perth Amboy High School, Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Comparative Literature
American Literature I
American Literature II
Dissertation Topic: My goal upon becoming a dissertator is to write a dissertation on Bitov's novel Pushkinskiy dom in relation to the 19th century or one that will situate the text within the narrative development of the 20 th century Russian novel, particularly in regards to Bely, Vaginov, Bulgakov, and Nabokov.
Undergrad Thesis - Seminar Papers - MA Thesis:
The Quest to Understand the Act : Bakhtin and the Concept of Polyphony - Bakhtin Seminar, University of Kansas
Master i Margarita and Bulgakov's Debt to Tolstoi - Graduate Seminar on Bulgakov - University of Kansas
""Oda velikomu vozhdiu" or "Oda poetu": Identifying the Hero in Osip Mandel'shtam's Stikhi o Stalinie" - Seminar on 20 th Century Russian and Soviet Literature - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Languages: Russian - all skills; Polish - elementary
Conference presentations:
November 2006, "Oda velikomu vozhdiu" or "Oda poetu": Identifying the Hero in Osip Mandel'shtam's Stikhi o Stalinie" - AAASS, Washington, D.C.
December 2005, "From Hero to Person: Narrative and the Development of Self in Andrej Bitov's Pushkin House ." AATSEEL, Washington, D. C.
October 2005, "The Quest to Understand the Act : Bakhtin and the Concept of Polyphony." Wisconsin, AATSEEL, Madison, WI
April 2003, "Love and the Refinement of Pushkin's Narrative Technique." Central Slavic Conference, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
Research - Study Abroad:
Herzen State Pedagogical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, Academic Year, 1999-2000.
Group Leader of Kansas University's Summer Study Abroad Program in St. Petersburg, Russia (Summer 2003)
Publications:
Bakhtin: Ethics and Mechanics , Ed. Valerie Z. Nollan. Northwestern University Press, 2003. Russian Review , Spring 2005
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