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Carol Apollonio, Associate Professor of the Practice, Slavic Languages & Literature

Office Location: | 310 Language Bldg |
Office Phone: | (919) 451-0844, (919) 660-3140 |
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Teaching (Fall 2023):
- RUSSIAN 321.01, NEW RUSSIANS
Synopsis
- Languages 320, MW 04:40 PM-05:55 PM
- RUSSIAN 325.01, TOLSTOY AND RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE
Synopsis
- Languages 320, MW 03:05 PM-04:20 PM
- (also cross-listed as HISTORY 277.01)
- Languages 320, MW 03:05 PM-04:20 PM
- Education:
Ph.D. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 1987 MA in Russian Literature University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1980 BA in Government (Summa cum Laude) Ohio University Honors Tutorial College 1977
- Specialties:
- Russian
- Research Interests: 19th Century Literature, Language Translation & Interpreting, and Japanese Language & Literature
Asia Russia Japan Literature Translation
- Current Ph.D. Students
(Former Students)
- Yan Yan
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- Apollonio, C, Freedom from Violence and Lies: Anton Chekhov’s Life and Writings by Michael C. Finke, Slavonic and East European Review, vol. 100 no. 2 (April, 2022), pp. 362-364, Project Muse [doi]
- Apollonio, C, THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, Tls the Times Literary Supplement no. 6097 (2020), pp. 6-7
- Apollonio, C, AND THE EARTH WILL SIT ON THE MOON Essential stories, Tls the Times Literary Supplement no. 6097 (2020), pp. 6-7
- Apollonio, C; Lapushin, R, Chekhov's Letters Biography, Context, Poetics (November, 2018), pp. 368 pages, Lexington Books, ISBN 1498570453 [abs]
- Apollonio, C, Simply Chekhov (October, 2018), ISBN 1943657548 [abs]