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Research interests
In broad terms, Connor Doak's research explores the relationship between literature and life, art and society, language and power. His area of specialization is Russian literature, culture and society from the Romantic period to the present day. He has a particular interest in cultural manifestations of gender and sexuality, especially the treatment of masculinity in experimental texts in Russian literature.
Connor has published on queer aspects of Dostoevsky's novels, on fatherhood in Chekhov's short stories, and contested national identities and histories in Pushkin and Byron's narrative poems. He is currently working on a monograph on masculinity and power in the work of Vladimir Maiakovskii. The book deconstructs the popular image of Maiakovskii as a 'manly' poet, a myth propagated not only by the writer himself, but by generations of critics in both Russia and the West, seduced by his work, and in possession of a powerful, but unarticulated and uncritical, gender essentialism. The book offers a new approach to Maiakovskii, going beyond essentialist readings, to show the poet as using verse to negotiate the shifting terrain of masculinity in revolutionary Russia and the early Soviet period.
External positions
External Examiner, University of Cambridge
1 Oct 2017 → 30 Sep 2020
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Research output
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Modernism and the Avant-Garde
Doak, C., 2021, (In preparation) The Cambridge History of Russian Literature. Franklin, S., Reich, R. & Widdis, E. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book
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Blog post: All the Russias: A Transnational Approach
Byford, A., Doak, C. & Hutchings, S., 20 Feb 2020Research output: Other contribution
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Masculine Style: Vladimir Mayakovsky's Poetics of Virility
Doak, C., 2020, (In preparation) TBD.Research output: Book/Report › Authored book
Prizes
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Bristol University Award for Education in Arts
Doak, Connor B (Recipient), 15 Jun 2015
Prize: Prizes, Medals, Awards and Grants
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Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Doak, Connor B (Recipient), 9 Nov 2015
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities
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Modern Languages Open (Journal)
Connor B Doak (Editor)
Dec 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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The Poetics of Masculinity: Re-Reading Vladimir Mayakovsky
Connor Doak (Advisor)
19 Nov 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public talk, debate, discussion
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Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Annual Convention 2019
Connor Doak (Speaker)
Nov 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference