100 awkward questions and 100 easy answers about Russian literature
On December 19, there will be a meeting with Alexander Arkhangelsky in Riga!
Russian literature is much more than a school subject. For some, it becomes a way to preserve a connection between generations; for others, a bridge to culture and tradition. But why, despite the classics' high status, does interest in reading keep declining? And how can we foster a love of literature without turning it into an obligation?
At a meeting with writer and literary scholar Alexander Arkhangelsky, we will try to speak openly about the place Russian literature holds in our lives and why our relationship with it can be so complicated.
We will discuss questions that are not always easy to answer:
- •Is it true that Russian classics are the best in the world?
- •What does literature really teach us?
- •Why in Russian novels are the male characters often weak, while the female characters are strong?
- •Can you make a child love reading?
- •How do you pass literary tradition on to children, especially in emigration?
- •What matters more, reading a good book or spending time with a friend?
- •And why do we ourselves sometimes not read the very books we strongly recommend to our children?
This will be a conversation not only about books, but also about family, upbringing, cultural memory, and our relationship with the classics.
We invite you to an honest, lively, and at times uncomfortable conversation about Russian literature.
A Q&A session will follow the lecture.
When: December 19 at 18:00
Where: Park Inn by Radisson Valdemara
The lecture will be held in Russian.
The hall doors will open at 17:30
