Vera Zubarev has a Ph.D. in Russian
literature from the University of Pennsylvania. She teaches courses
dealing with systems thinking and predispositioning theory based on
chess, literature and film. She is a scholar, a writer, and a filmmaker.
V. Ulea is her penname.
COURSES
TAUGHT:
- Elementary Russian
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Intermediate Russian
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Business Russian
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Russian Culture: That Enigmatic Russian Soul
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Chekhov on Stage and Screen
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Art of Decision Making:
Literature and Film
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Fate and Chance in Literature and
Film
- Impact
of Chess, Literature, and Film on Organizational Dynamics.
BOOKS PUBLISHED:
I. LITERARY
CRITICISM
.
A Concept of Dramatic Genre and. the Comedy of a New Type.
Chess, Literature,
and Film.
Southern Illinois University
Press, 2002.
.
A
Systems Approach to Literature: Mythopoetics of Chekhov's Four
Major Plays.
Greenwood Press, 1997.
.
Prince Igor' In Search Of
Glory: A Poem About Poem. Tenafly, N.J.: Hermitage
Publishers, 1996.
II. POETRY IN ENGLISH
About Angels, About God,
About Poetry: A Treatise.
Livingston Press, 2002.
III. POETRY IN RUSSIAN
.
"Menuety s ten'u." Slovo-Word
Publishing House, 1995.
. "Ledyanaya
igla." Effect Publishing, Inc., 1993.
.
"Aura." Black Sea, 1991.
IV. POETRY IN TRANSLATION:
About Angels: A
Treatise. Translated into
German by Kirstin Breitenfellner. Switzerland:
Pano Verlog, 2003.
About Angels: A
Treatise. Translated into
English by Frances Laird. Odessa, Ukraine:
Russian Book Publishing, Inc.,
1995.
V. PROSE IN RUSSIAN:
"Dom i ego obitateli."
(House and Its Inhabitants)
Friends of
Arts, 1996.
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Four Funny Families.
Feature Film based on Chekhov’s plays. Screenwriter, director, and
actress, 2002
Short videos for Intermediate Russian, 2000-2003. Director and
producer.
Loneliness. Short film. Director and producer. 2003
Don’t Talk To Strangers. Short film. 2002. Script writer.
AWARDS:
Poet of the Year - Moscow, 1987. Awarded
by Russian magazine Smena.
Poet of 1991 - New York, 1991. Awarded
by Pushkin's Society in New York, 1991
EDITORIAL WORK:
Editor of Gostinaya
Journal, Philadelphia, PA
Associate Editor for the
CLCWeb
Journal
(Purdue University)
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