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The genre of autobiography or Why write about yourself?

Duration: 0:34:59

"The Life of Archpriest Avvakum, written by himself" is the first example of the autobiographical genre in Russian literature . Svetlana Pogodina, Doctor of Philology, Associate Professor at the Department of Russian Studies and Slavic Studies of the University of Latvia, will be on the program of the Latvian Radio 4 “The Nature of

Language: Russian
Topics: HumanitiesPhilologyAutobiographyRussian studies

Children's reading of a healthy person

Duration: 0:41:17

The editors of "Shelf" discuss their personal stories and rationalization proposals . Is it possible to read The Wizard of Oz and Hesse at the same time? Should books that are too old be removed from children? How to shovel the school curriculum in literature and add "Harry Potter" there?

Language: Russian
Topics: EducationLiteratureRussian Life

Read and cry

Duration: 0:26:39

Does literature help develop empathy? Are we always ready to let the author bring us to tears? Are there win-win topics that are guaranteed to evoke pity in the reader? Grushnitsky and Pippi Longstocking, clerk Korotkov from "The Diaboliad" and Jude from "Little Life"

Language: Russian
Topics: LiteratureBooks

Life and mysteries of a neutron star

Duration: 0:36:01

Astronomers have been studying neutron stars for decades, but there are still many blind spots in their nature . These are the densest and "gravitationally saturated" objects in the known universe . Their hypergravity is so strong that, for example, only one piece of sugar from the substance of a neutron star will weigh 100 million tons on our planet, which is approximately equal to

Language: Russian
Topics: SpaceScienceHypergravityAstronomy