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TROFIMOV JOSIF

Born February 1, 1947

Address: Daugavpils, Užvaldes 5 – 36.

Telephone – 54 44864

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC DEGREES	Dr.habil.philol. 1998	Dissertation “Province in Russian Avant-garde Prose of 1890-1920s Daugavpils Pedagogical University
	PhD 1992	Dissertation “N.Nekrasov as a Master of Psychological Analysis” Daugavpils Pedagogical University
	1967-1970	Kaliningrad University Philologist, teacher of Russian language and literature
	1965-1967	University of Vilnius (Lithuania)
	1965	Švenčonas Secondary school no. 2 (Lithuania)
EXPERIENCE	Since 2003	Professor Associated professor Daugavpils University, faculty of Humanities, department of Russian literature and culture
	1998 -2003	Associated professor Daugavpils University, faculty of Humanities, department of Russian literature and culture, Vienibas 13, Daugavpils, LV-5407
	1988-1998	Docent Daugavpils Pedagogical Institute (since 1994 – university), faculty of philology, department of Russian literature and culture
	1982-1988	Head of the department of Russian and foreign literature at Drogobièa pedagogical institute (Ukraine)
	1977-1982	Senior lecturer at Sterlitamaka Pedagogical institute (Russia), department of Russian and foreign literature
	1970-1977	Teacher at Kaluzhsk secondary school (Russia)

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (number)

Monographs - 3

Articles in research journals and other collections - 55

Conference abstracts - 8

Other research publications - 4

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS (number)

Text books - 1

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS

1. Идейно-художественное своеобразие лирики Н.Некрасова.- Киев, 1989.-127 pp.

2.Провинция в художественном мире прозы А.Белого. - Daugavpils, 1997.- 180 pp.

Major publications (recent 5 years):

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  Провинция Бориса Пильняка. – Daugavpils: DPU “Saule”, 1998. – 132 pp.
  

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  Русская провинция в контексте реалистической и модернистской литературной традиции // Актуальные вопросы изучения русской литературы и культуры, русского языка и методики его преподавания в европейском контексте. – Kraków, 2001. – C. 191 – 195.
  
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  «Философия жизни» и жизнь леса в русской прозе первого послевоенного десятилетия (Л.М.Леонов, М.М.Пришвин, Б.Л.Пастернак) // Природа: материальное и духовное. – СПб., 2002. – С. 130 – 132.
  
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  Н.Гоголь – В.Жуковский («Выбранные места из переписки с друзьями») // Славянские чтения II. - Daugavpils – Rezekne, 2002. – pp. 49 – 58.
  
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  Эстетика и философия книги Б.Пильняка «Корни японского солнца». // Meninis tekstas. Suvokimas. Analīze. Interpretacija. Vilnius, 2002. – Lpp.278-285.
  

Participation in international research conferences (recent 3 years)::

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  International research conference Emigration and culture. 14 – 15 November, 2002. Daugavpils University. (Presentation: «Рижское издание книги М.А.Осоргина «Из маленького домика»).
  
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  International research seminar «”Русский Ницше”: русская литература ХХ века и “кризис ценностей” европейской культуры». March 23 – 25, 2003. Novgorod State University. (Presentation: «Ницше в литературном наследии В.В.Розанова»).
  
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  International Orthodox Pedagogical conference «Церковь, семья и школа». May 7, 2003. Riga. (Presentation: «Соблазны русской литературы и задачи духовного просвещения»).
  

Academic courses:

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  Russian prose history of 1890 – 1920s.
  

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  Russian prose history of 1930 – 1990s.
  

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  19th century Russian drama history.
  

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  N.Gogol’s writing.
  

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  History of Slavic literatures.
  

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  Central Asian and Caucases Medieval literature.
  

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  19th century Russian literature in a religious and philosophical perspective.
  
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  Major topoi of Russian culture.
  

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  “Thaw” of 1950-60s as a cultural phenomenon.
  
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  20th century Russian literature in a political perspective.
  

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  History of book writing.
  

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  Byzanthean culture.
  

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  20th century Russian provincial town.
  

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  19th century literary studies history.
  

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  History of Russian philosophy.
  

Organizational activities (participation in editorial boards of research publications):
Филологические чтения: 1998. – DPU publishing house “Saule”, 2000. (editor)

Русская поэзия: год 1920-й. – DPU publishing house “Saule”, 2000.

Русская поэзия: год 1921-й. – DPU publishing house “Saule”, 2001.

Филологические чтения: 1999. – DPU publishing house “Saule”, 2001. (editor)

Филологические чтения: 2000. – DPU publishing house “Saule”, 2002. (editor)

Протопоп Аввакум: история и современность. – Даугавпилс, 2003. (editor)

Member of DU Promotional Board ( literary science ).