Dead homework numbers, or the threat from behind the looking glass Denis Yatsutko Publication date: March 27, 2003 Some people claim that before the invasion we will hear the clanging of weapons from the depths of the mirrors. J.L. Borges. Mirror creatures Recently , one visitor to the library’s Internet sector ordered me to search for a completed term paper.

Jester's cap Old and new. Issue 4 Sergey Kuznetsov Publication date: March 27, 2003 I have dreamed of writing about this book for many years - probably from the very day it first fell into my hands. Then I was not yet a journalist, I was not even a philologist, and therefore I did not really imagine how I would do this. But God, as we know, protects everything, and if you sit on the river bank for a long time, sooner or later the water will bring you exactly the book you are waiting for.

Long-lived performance "Brothers and Sisters" directed by Lev Dodin (staged by Lev Dodin, Arkady Katsman, Sergei Bekhterev) Vera Maksimova Publication date: March 27, 2003 It was strange to rehearse this performance about the feat of a northern village during the war, about the peasant family of the Pryaslins from the village of Pekashino - not episode by episode, but page by page.

Two years ago, writers close to Amphora and directly working in it (Pavel Krusanov, Vadim Nazarov, Sergei Nosov, Vladimir Rekshan, Alexander Sekatsky, Ilya Stogov) distributed an “ Open Letter to V.V. Putin ”, in which they indicated, that Russia cannot survive without imperial ambitions.

Games of the formal world Vladimir Gubailovsky Publication date: March 27, 2003 1 Evgeniy Ermolin published the article “ Critic on the Network ” “Znamya”, #3, 2003. The article is remarkable, although somewhat chaotic. Ermolin speaks at once about many loosely connected things, but speaks with genuine interest. The critic came online. He looked around: “Well, you can live here too.” In general, yes. I don’t really want to go into detail about the formal errors made in the article.

Putball game Alexander Lyusy Publication date: March 27, 2003 The word “majority” was initially doomed to incredible metamorphoses. To what extent are these adventures genetically programmed by its very meaning? Let us recall the so-called “Bolshevism,” which historically means, despite the accidental origin of the term at the moment of a real one-time “majority,” precisely the strategy of steadily imposing the will of the minority on the majority.

What to do with literature at school? Gennady Krasukhin Publication date: March 27, 2003 It’s whistling, I don’t argue,” Koroviev remarked condescendingly, “it’s really whistling, but, speaking impartially, it’s whistling is very average!” M. Bulgakov. "Master and Margarita" What kind of materials related to the teaching of literature at school have I had to read lately!

Hobbes, stop! Editor's Column Publication date: March 27, 2003 The significant difference between the ratings of Putin and the “party in power” indicates not only a technical problem. Yes, there is, of course, a technical problem - it was discussed in detail at the last “Civic Debate” (03/26/2003, “Alexander House”).

Where do the paths diverge? Mikhail Edelshtein Publication date: March 27, 2003 Elena Tyuleneva, with gratitude for the sparring *** We live in an era of uncertainty, an interval (we are, of course, talking about literature, no political hints). The bulk of writers, including the most famous ones, are engaged in the production of obviously secondary things, that is, they work due to inertia and for the sake of maintaining their professional status.

There is no doubt that today the Western European (American) civilizational-historical type is the world standard. The problem is what kind of world is created as a result of such standardization. Let us not forget that the Western European civilizational-historical type was the result of organic development based on traditions. That's why he's so creative. In this regard, it would not hurt to remember K.