Russian
Division
Faculty

Virginia H. Bennett Associate Professor 1890 East-West rd. Moore Hall 489 Honolulu, HI 96822 Phone: (808) 956-4165 Fax:(808) 956-9536 vbennett@hawaii.edu

EDUCATION

• Diplome brevete--L'Ecole National des Langues Orientales Vivantes, 1965;
• M.A., Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures--Princeton University, 1967, 1971. 

  TEACHING

  Dr. Bennett has taught seminars on Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, Russian Symbolism, Early Twentieth Century Russian Literature, and Russian Folklore.
  At the University of Hawaii she offers survey courses on nineteenth, early twentieth century, and contemporary Russian literature. 

  RESEARCH

  The main thrust of her research has been on Russian Symbolism and she has published a number of articles on this topic.  She has also published on themes related to Russian folklore.  Dr. Bennett's secondary Slavic Language is Ukrainian and she has published several articles on Ukrainian writers of the 1920's.

 

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