Centre of Typological and Semiotic Folklore Studies, Russian State University for the Humanities
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Alexandra Arkhipova

Publications

Monographs

Anekdoty o Staline: teksty, kommentarii, issledovanija [ Anecdotes about Stalin: texts, comments, analysis]. Moscow: OGI. 2008. 408 pp. (with M.A. Melnichenko)

Papers  in English

2001

Folklore and Cultural Anthropology on the Internet // The Journal of the Slavic and East European Folklore Association. University of Virginia, 2001. Vol. 6. ¹ 1., P. 36-47 (with A.V. Kozmin).

2004

The structure of tale type fund // 33-d Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, San-Jose, Feb, 2004. (with Artem Kozmin) 

2005

The tale of kind and unkind girls (AaTh 480) revisited: oral variants in cross-cultural perspective // at 34th Annual Meeting or the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, Santa-Fe, Feb, 2005. (with Artem Kozmin)

Tale about Kind and Unkind Girls: Social Structure and Semantic Construction of the Tale End or Where the tale finishes and the moral begins //  14th Congress of the International Society for Folk Narrative Research, Tartu, Jul. 2005. (with Artem Kozmin)   

2006

Return of the White Raven: Postdiluvial Reconnaissance Motif A2234.1.1 Reconsidered // Journal of American Folklore 119: 472 (Spring 2006). (with Andrey Korotayev, Yuri Berezkin, Artem Kozmin).

White Raven: Irish and Slavic Cases // Celtoslavica II: Second International Colloquium of Society "Celtoslavica" P. 3. (Paper, presented at the conference September. 14, 2006). (with Andrey Korotayev, Yuri Berezkin, Artem Kozmin)

2007

You're Putin Me On: Political Anecdotes in Today Russia // Ante Projects. ¹ 5: Russian Art in Translation. Princeton, 2007 < http://www.anteprojects.com/ante5.html >

2008

On the formation of the Russian political anecdote: from Peter the Great to Putin // Permitted laughter: Socialist, Post Socialist and Never-Socialist Humour // Ed. by Arvo Krikmann and Liisi Laineste.Tartu: Estonian Literary Museum, 2008. (in print)

Traditions and innovations in anecdotes about Putin // // Permitted laughter: Socialist, Post Socialist and Never-Socialist Humour // Ed. By Arvo Krikmann and Liisi Laineste.Tartu: Estonian Literary Museum, 2008. (in print)

Papers in Russian

1999

"Eldorado" Edgara Poe i "Zhemchuga" N. Gumileva [El Dorado by Edgar Poe and "Pearls" by Nikolay Gumilev] // Russkaja filologija 9: Sbornik nauchnyh rabot molodyh filologov. Tartu. 1999. S. 132- 140.

O "denezhnom" mife: Rec.  [About "Money Myth": Review] // Zhivaja starina. M.: GRCRF, 1999.  ¹ 4. S. 53.

2000

Zadacha ¹ 3 [Olympiad Problem 3]// XXXI Tradicionnaja Olimpiada po lingvistike i matematike.  Zadachi. 1 tur. M.: RGGU, 2000. S. 5. 

 2001

Anekdot v zarubezhnyh issledovanijah XX veka [Anecdote In Foreign Studies In XX c.]// Zhivaja starina. M.: GRCRF,  2001.  ¹ 1. C. 30-31.

Rolevye struktury detskih anekdotov [The Role Structures in Children's  Jokes] // Mifologija i povsednevnost': Gendernyj podhod v antropologicheskih disciplinah: Materialy nauchnoj konferencii 19-21 fevralja 2001 g. SPb.: Aleteja, 2001. S. 298-338. 

Eshhe raz o strukturno-semioticheskom issledovanii skazki [Once more on Structural and Semiotic Studies Of  Fairy Tales] // Struktura volshebnoj skazki. M.: Izdat. Centr RGGU,  2001.  – S.199-233. (with  E.G. Rahimova, A.V. Rafaeva).

2002

Tekst–funkcija–motiv: programma "MEDIATOR" [TEXT-FUNCTION-MOTIVE: Program "Mediator"]// Komp'juternaja lingvistika i intellektual'nye tehnologii: Trudy Mezhdunarodnogo seminara Dialog'2002 (Protvino, 6-11 ijunja 2002 g.): v 2 t. T. 2: Prikladnye problemy / Pod red. A.S. Narin'jani. M.: Nauka, 2002. S. 276-282. (with A.V. Koz'min, A.V. Rafaeva).

O cherte verhom na kite i letajushhih ohotnikah (Legendy Novoj Francii: iz sobranija Zhan-Kloda Dupona): Rec. [On the Devil Riding a Whale, and on Flying Hunters (Legends of New France): Review]// Zhivaja starina.  M.: GRCRF, 2002.  ¹ 2. – S. 58.

Iz chego zhe sdelany mal'chiki?: Rec. [What are boys made of?: Review] // Zhivaja starina.  M.: GRCRF,  2002.  ¹ 3. S. 58.

2003

Fol'klor Alana Dandesa ["Folklore" of Alan Dundes] // Dandes A. Fol'klor: semiotika i/ili psihoanaliz. M.: Izdatel'skaja firma RAN "Vostochnaja literatura", 2003. 280 s. S. 7-13. (with A.A. Panchenko).

Formal'nye zakonomernosti v sochetanijah imen [Formal Rules in Combinations of Names] //  Imenoslov: Zametki po  istoricheskoj semantike imeni. M: Indrik, 2003. S. 258-266 (with F.R. Minlos).

Anekdot i ego prototip: genezis teksta i proishozhdenie zhanra. [Anecdote and its prototype: genesis of the text  and the origin of the genre] Avtoreferat …. kand. filol. nauk. M., 2003. 26 s.

2004

Slovar' kak anekdot, ili istoricheskie korni i morfologija «shkol'noj hroniki» [Dictionary as Anecdote] // Lotmanovskij sbornik 3. M., OGI. 2004. S.303-438. (with A.V. Kozmin). 

Zadacha ¹ 4: [Cherny vorony] [Olympiad Problem 4: "Black Ravens"] // XXXIV Tradicionnaja Olimpiada po lingvistike i matematike.  Zadachi. 1 tur. M.: RGGU, 2004.

Jubilej bez staromodnosti  [Non-Old-Fashioned Jubilee: In Honor Of Alan Dundes] // Zhivaja starina. M., GCRF. 2004. ¹4.

2005

Pamjati uchenyh (nekrolog Alanu Dandesu) [Alan Dundes: Obituary]// Zhivaja starina, M.: RCRF. 2005. ¹2. s. 61.

Rech' Brezhneva kak semioticheskij objekt (na materiale vystuplenij L.I. Brezhneva i anekdotov o nem)  [Breznev's Speech as a Semiotic Object] // Etnologija urbana. Sofija: impresarsko-izdatelska k#shha. S. 244-256. (with s B.L. Krotov).

Zadacha # 3 [Olympiad Problem # 3] // XXXVI Moskovskaja otkrytaja tradicionnaja olimpiada po lingvistike i materitike.  c.7. 2005.

Zadacha "Foma i Erema" [Olympiad Problem "Foma and Erema"] // Nauka i Zhizn. 2005. N 2 S. 12.  

Povestvovatel'naja grammatika skazki "72 nebylicy". Na fol'klornom materiale tjurkskih i mongol'skih narodov [Generative Grammar for  Mongolian and Turkish Tall Tales] // Sociogenez v Severnoj Azii. Sbornik nauchnyh trudov. Irkutsk, 2005. Ch. 1. S. 355-360. (with A.V. Koz'min). 

2006

Rech' L.I. Brezhneva i sozdanie anekdotov [ Breznev's Speech Pattern as a Semiotic Object, And Generation of anecdotes] // Zhivaja starina, M.: GCRF. 2006. ¹ 1. S. 53-59. (with s B.L. Krotov).

Rech' Putina i jazykovaja igra v anekdotah [Putin's Speech Pattern and Linguistic Play in Contemporary Anecdotes] // Fol'klor, postfol'klor, byt, literatura. Sb. statej k 60-letiju Aleksandra Fedorovicha Belousova. SPb.: SPbGUKI (Sankt-Peterburgskij gos. un-t kul'tury i iskusstv), 2006. S. 109-123.

Chto obwego mezhdu chukchej i cheburashkoj? Jetjud po fol'kloristicheskoj onomastike [Essay on onomastics in folklore studies] // Ot… i do… JUbilejnyj al'manah v chest' 60-letija E.V. Dushechkinoj i A.F. Belousova. SPb.: Bel'veder, 2006. S. 77-86. 

K jubileju Ju.E. Berezkina [In honour of Ju.E.Berezkin] // Zhivaja starina. 2006. ¹ 4. S. 50. (with Koz'min A.V., Davletshin A.I.)

2007

Fol'klor na asfal'te [ Folklore on the asphalt] // Zhivaja starina. 2007. ¹ 3. S. 2–3. (with Nekljudov S.JU.)

VHOD i KOT kak anekdot: jazykovye igry v fol'klore 20-h godov XX veka [Linguistic plays of  folklore during the early Soviet era ] // // Delo avangarda / The case of the Avant-garde / Ed. Willem Westeijn. Amsterdam, P. 413-447.

Shtirlic podvel itogi… Osobennosti vozniknovenija kalamburov v kinozavisimyh anekdotah [The problems of the linguistic plays' generation in some specific types of jokes] // Logicheskij analiz jazyka. M.: Indrik. 2007.

Legko li vyjti na Ruzhu: imena-imitatory v tekstah sovremennogo fol'klora [ Names-‘imitators' in contemporary folklore] //  Imenoslov. Istoricheskaja semantika imeni. Vyp. 2 / Sost. F.B. Uspenskij. M., 2007. S. 392-419  (Trudy po filologii i istorii). (with I.B. Itkin)

Ot nauchnogo redaktora [Introduction] // Zhurinskij A.N. Zagadki narodov Vostoka. Sistematizirovannoe sobranie. Sost. A.V. Koz'min. M.: OGI, 2007. S. 151-152.

Tradicii i novacii v anekdotah o Putine [Tradition and innovation in anecdotes about Putin] // Post-socialist jokelore / Postsocialisticheskij anekdot. International symposium. January 15th–16th 2007.  Estonian Literary Museum, Department of Folkloristics, The Centre of Cultural History and Folkloristics in Estonia. Tartu, 2007. P. 43-72 [preprint] <www.folklore.ee/rl/fo/konve/joke07/teesid.pdf>

Pochemu Lenin nosil botinki, a Stalin – sapogi ? [ Why did Lenin always wear shoes, while Stalin always wore boots? ] // Zhivaja starina. 2007. ¹ 4. S. 20-23. (with M.A. Melnichenko)

2008

O kommunikativnom trjuke [ About one communication trick] // Mif, simvol, ritual: Narody Sibiri. M.: RGGU. 2008. S.327-338. (with Davletshin A.I., Koz'min A.V.)

Chto bylo napisano na portsigare Brezhneva? [ What was written on Breznev's cigarette case?] // Geopolitika i russkie diaspory v baltijskom regione. Chast' 1. Gumanitarnye aspekty problemy: russkie glazami russkih. Kaliningrad, 2008. S.59-74.

Razyskivaetsja zloj koldun [ Evil Sorcerer Wanted! Witchcraft and Shamanism in Today's Mongolia] // Zhivaja Starina. S. 2008. ¹ 3. P. 12-16.

«Cari-izbaviteli»  i operacii GPU [ The Legend of Tsar Who Will Be Back to Save His People, And Operations of GPU-NKVD]// Zhivaja Starina. 2008. ¹ 3. P. 21-25.

Poluchite procenty za Vash capital: k voprosy ob evolucii sovetskogo politicheskogo yumora [ On the evolution of Soviet political humor: a case study]// Gabriliada. K 65-letiju G.G. Superfina. Tartu. < http://www.ruthenia.ru/document/545433.html>

Witchcraft and Shamanism in Today's Mongolia [in Mongolian] // Mongolyin folklor  [Folklore of Mongolia]. Ulaan-bator, 2008. # 4.

in print, 2008

Chego ne bylo v Kitae? Kommentarij k dvum mongol'skim zapisjam G.N. Potanina (skazochnye sjuzhety ATU 1920H i ATU 852) [ What wasn't there in China? A Comment On the Two of G. Potation's Recordings of the Mongolian Version of Tale Types ATU 1920H and ATU 852 ]// Literatura Kitaja i sopredel'nyh stran. Sb. statej v chest' B.L. Riftina. M.: Nasledie, 2008. (with A. Kozmin)

Karl Marks i sovetskaja shkol'nica  [ Karl Marx And a Soviet Schoolgirl: O n The Genesis of The Handwritten  Russian School Folklore Tradition] // Detskij fol'klor v kontekste vzrosloj kul'tury: Materialy Mezhdunarodnoj konferencii "XIV Vinogradovskie chtenija. K 120-letiju so dnja rozhdenija G. S. Vinogradova". SPb.: SPGUKI, 2008. (v pechati)

Struktura fonda rannih anekdotov o Staline: 1925-1940 gody [ Structure of early Stalin jokes' fund: 1925-1940] // Vestnik Rossijskogo gosudarstvennogo gumanitarnogo universiteta. Fol'kloristika. M.: RGGU, 2008. (with M. Melnichenko)

Dva geroja/dva urkana: prival na puti [The origin of the folk song "Kichman"] // Sb. v chest' G.A. Levintona. SPb., 2008 (with S.Nekludov)

Put' v anekdot [A Journey Into an Anecdote] // Sb. pamjati E.V.Permjakova. M., 2008.

Chizhik, mesjac i horej — Prochitaj stat'ju skorej! [ The origin of the folk song "Chizik-pyzik"]// Kirpichiki. Sbornik v chest' 65-letija S.Ju. Nekljudova. M.: Izdatel'stvo RGGU, 2007. S. 367-374.  (with Mihajlik E.)

Kak pogibla Olja i rodilsja fol'klor [ On the origin of the folk song "Vasilki"]// Kirpichiki. Sbornik v chest' 65-letija S.Ju. Nekljudova. M.: RGGU, 2008. 563-591.

Svarennyj Shaman i govoraschij kamen: Sbornik zadach po ethnolingvistike, folkloristike i kulturnoj anthropologii [‘A Boiled Shaman' and ‘a Speaking Stone':  materials and problems in ethnolinguistics, folkloristics and cultural anthropology ] // Sost. A.S. Arhipova, I.B. Itkin. Moskva: Izdatelstvo PGGU. 2008.

Translations and comments

2003

Composing, Comments and Translation for the volume Dundes Alan. Semiotics and/or Psychoanalysis: Dandes A. Fol'klor: semiotika i/ili psihoanaliz M.: Izdatel'skaja firma RAN "Vostochnaja literatura", 2003. 

Translation: pp. 30-42, 43-56, Comments: pp. 28-29, 39-42, 54-56, 117-118, 134-136, 160-162, 176-177, 199-207.

2004

Comments and translation of the paper K. Binsted , G. Ritchie (1997). Computational Rules For Punning Riddles  (HUMOR,10 (1), pp.25-76): Binsted K., Ritchie G. Avtomaticheskoe porozhdenie kalamburnyh zagadok: Per. s angl. jaz. i kommentarii (sovmestno s A.V. Koz'minym)  // Moskovskij Lingvisticheskij Zhurnal. M.: Izdatel'skij centr RGGU. 2004. ¹4.  

[Im: C. 145-210; predisl.: S. 145-146;  komment.: S. 147, 151, 152, 153, 154, 156, 157,  158,159, 164, 170, 176, 188, 198, 200.]

Invited talks and workshops

2004

Paper "Mongolian and Turkish Tall Tales" at Permanent International Altaistic Conference ( PIAC), Moscow .

2005

Paper "Tall tales in Mongolia and South Siberia", conference "Sociogenesis of North Asia", Irkustk

Paper "The Anecdote and the Movie (Panel "The Origin Of Laughter")" at VI Congress of Russian Association of Ethnologists and Anthropologists, June, 28-Jule, 3, 2005.

The Origin of The Formula "V tridevatoje carsvto" In  Russian Folklore // Paper at the conference "XIII Lotmanovskije Chtenija" [XIII Annual Meeting in Memory of Yuri Lotman]. Dec., 21-23. RSUH, Moscow.

11/20-11/21 : invited speaker, Colloque international organisé par le Centre de Recherches sur les Littératures et les Civilisations slaves de l'Université de Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) , France.

2006

Invited speaker, Department of Folklore Studies, Institute for Folklore Research, University of Helsinki, Finland. Talk "Survival and Revival of Russian Ethnic Jokes" 25.04.2006  

2007

15-16/01 Invited speaker, International workshop «Post-socialist jokelore». Tartu, Estonian Literary Museum. January 15th-16 th, 2007.

2008

24 and 25 September:   Paper on the Mongolian witchcraft at the workshop "Myth and Science: The Representation of the Witch(doctor)and the Sage in Literature, Arts and Society" at  Centre des Recherches sur l'Imaginaire De Grenoble III, Grenoble, France