Mikhail Bulgakov as a unique, XX century Russian artist with Prof. Irina Mineralova (in Russian)

Why is it often difficult to render literature into film? The magic of Bulgakov’s words, his synthesis of ideas and images of ideas are the answer. Bulgakov needs to be listened to! One needs to hear him. His words passionately combine history, culture, the music of Kiev and Moscow. He was a miracle maker. Let’s take a closer look and listen to how he did it in his best works! On the eve of the 130th anniversary of the writer’s birth, Irina Georgievna Mineralova will talk about the works of M.A. Bulgakov, who was one of the most versatile Russian and Soviet artists of the XX century, a writer, playwright, theatre director and actor. About the speaker Irina Georgievna Mineralova is a literary critic and Professor of the Department of Russian Literature and Journalism of the XX-XXI centuries at Moscow State Pedagogical University (MPGU). She is the author of 5 monographs, 6 textbooks and teaching aids, not to mention more than 300 articles on the theory and history of Russian literature, children’s literature and methods of teaching literature. She also authored a book of poems entitled “A Bouquet of Autumn Leaves.” Irina Georgievna graduated from Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushinsky in 1975, where she received a diploma with honours majoring in “the teaching of Russian language and literature.” Afterwards, she successfully completed her postgraduate studies at the A.M. Gorky Literary Institute in 1983, having defended her doctoral dissertation on the topic of “Artistic synthesis in Russian literature of the XX century.”