Masha Belyavski-Frank

Masha Belyavski-Frank received her doctorate in Slavic linguistics from the University of Chicago in 1983, and came to DePauw in 1992 to teach in the  German & Russian   Dept. (now part of the Modern Languages Dept.)  She teaches a wide range of courses in   language, literature, and culture, including Russian literature and culture in translation.   one of her recent interdisciplinary courses is “Across Borders: Russian and Eastern  European  Women Writers At the Turn of  the Century.” Another is “European Literature of the Absurd.”

Her research interests are in East and South Slavic languages, especially semantics  and syntax.  She is currently working on the uses of Turkisms in contemporary Bosnian  and Macedonian literature. A second interest is in literary translation, and she is  translating modern Bosnian short stories into English, including Safeta Obhodjas' "A Woman and A Secret." Other teaching and research interests are in Eastern European folklore, Jewish Studies, and Eastern European cinema. 

belyavsk@depauw.edu