BACKGROUND

M.A. Philology, Saratov State University, (Saratov, Russia)
Ph.D. Philology, Urals State University (Yekaterinburg, Russia), Specialization: Russian Literature & Literary Criticism

AREAS OF INTEREST

Literary Criticism & Cultural Studies
Nineteenth Century Russian Literature & Culture
Twentieth Century Russian Émigré Art, Culture, and Philosophy
Media, Culture, and Society
History and Theory of Journalism in Russia

Dr. Murenina is a native of Russia. She joined our Department in the Fall 2001 as Thomas W. Rivers Distinguished Visiting Assistant Professor in International Studies, to help the College of Arts and Science promote the development of Russian Studies in East Carolina. Since that time, the Russian Studies program has been solidified by a significant number of new courses in Russian literature, culture and film.

Before coming to the United States, Dr. Murenina was an Associate Professor at the Department of Literary Criticism at Saratov State University, one of the oldest classical universities in Russia. In Saratov, for 14 years she taught a broad range of courses on the history and theory of Russian literature, literary criticism and journalism of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, seminars on literary biography, the writings of Gogol and Dostoevsky. For several years, she was a Vice-Dean of the College of Philology which consists of 9 Literary Studies and Linguistics Departments, and also the Director of the Graduate Journalism Program. She has published more than 30 articles and papers on various aspects of Russian literature and culture, diverse problems of intercultural communication, literary criticism and media. Her academic and teaching experience has been reflected in her textbook on 18th-19th Century Russian Literature (1996), specially designed for students majoring in English, German and French.

Dr. Murenina's passion for Russian literature grew out of her love for Russian poetry. By the age of sixteen her poems had been published in Moscow periodicals. It is her hope that future ECU students will be able to appreciate Russian poetry in its original language, fascinated by its depth and beauty.

COURSES TAUGHT

RUSS 1001-4 Russian Levels I-IV
RUSS 2120 Introduction to Russian Culture
RUSS 2220 Nineteenth Century Russian Literature in Translation
RUSS 2221 Twentieth Century Russian Literature in Translation
RUSS 2700 Special Topics in Russian Studies:
     A. Pushkin, Evgene Onegin: A Novel in Verse (Language, Literature, and Culture)
RUSS 2700 Special Topics in Russian Studies: Russian Fairy Tale; Language and Media
RUSS 3221 Twentieth Century Russian Literature in Translation
RUSS 3700 Special Topics in Russian Studies: Russian Short Story

RUSI 2001 Intro to Russian Studies: Humanities
RUSI 3921, 3932, 3933. Directed Readings in Russian Studies

MULT 3500 Research in Multidisciplinary Studies
MULT 4999 Seminar in Multidisciplinary Studies

HNRS 2116 Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar:
     Russian "Beauty" in Exile (Russian 20th Century Émigré Culture)
HNRS 2116 Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar: Russian and Soviet Film
HNRS 3103 Honors Independent Studies
HNRS 4101, 4102 Honors Thesis