Crime or Punishment: Russian Narratives of Incarceration

Annotations

Essays in this section take the form of media-rich annotations for one of the works read in RUSSB237. They also include a summary/statement of methodology that may also serve as an introduction to the work. It may be tempting to view annotations as strictly “factual” definitions and descriptions. However, annotations, while offering context (historical, political, biographical, etc.), are also analytical and intended to clearly illuminate the connections between complex ideas, themes, metaphors, and symbols. A good annotation in some way explicates the significance of its referent to the work, both as a whole and on a particular page. Annotations, in short, are subjective, interpretive, and dependent on what the editor chooses to highlight.

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