Mark Conliffe

Mark Conliffe teaches Russian language, literature, and civilization. In his language classes he aims to ensure that students can communicate in Russian effectively and sensitively. The literature courses introduce the major works of nineteenth- and twentieth- century Russian literature, blending formal literary analysis with socio-historical and philosophical considerations of the works. The civilization course surveys significant social, artistic, philosophical, and scientific events in Russian history and discusses the impact the events had on that society.

His research focuses on Russian prose, and presently he is working on a study of Vladimir Korolenko's life and writing.

Education

PhD University of Toronto
MA McGill University
BA University of Toronto

Teaching Areas

Russian language, Russian literature, Russian culture, short stories

Recent Publications

“On Isolation.” The Midwest Quarterly vol. 47, no. 2 (Winter 2006): 115-130.
“Blindness and Misunderstanding: On Garshin’s Chetyre dnia.” Australian Slavonic and East European Studies vol. 18, nos. 1-2 (2004): 129-142.
“‘Skuchnaia istoriia’ as Coda: Isolation and Chekhov’s Prose of the 1880s.” Toronto Slavic Quarterly no. 10 (Fall 2004). 13 August 2007 <http://www.utoronto.ca/tsq/10/index10.shtml>.
“Mentalitet predstavitelei russkoi glubinki i ‘mif ‘ne ia’’ v ‘Istorii moego sovremennika’ Korolenko.” (Co-authored with N.P. Ivanova). Uchenye zapiski Tavricheskogo natsional’nogo universiteta im. V.I. Vernadskogo. Seriia “Filologiia” vol. 16 (55), no. 1 (2004): 176-186.
“The Fictional World of Garshin and Borchert: ‘The Red Flower’ and ‘The Dandelion.’” Germano-Slavica vol. 14 (2003): 87-99.
“Sládek’s Intent: Reading Václav Havel’s Audience.” Balagan vol. 8 (2002): 3-16.