In a new interview with The Blue and White, Professor Irina Reyfman discusses insights from her seminar on scary stories in the Russian literary tradition. Drawing from the tradition’s classics – Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and others – Professor Reyfman considers the subtleties of developing a memorable textual atmosphere, examines the manipulative power of various narrative techniques, and interrogates the purpose of telling frightening tales.
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