imagofeminae: Anna, in 2021 you had a Research stay at the Free University of Berlin as part of the International Journalist Fellowship, what are you doing now?

Dr. Anna Saprykina: After my research internship and fruitful work in collaboration with the Free University of Berlin, I managed to find a position as a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Siegen. I work in a research group on the Literature of Europe project, my working languages are German, French, English, Russian.

imagofeminae: Please tell us in more detail what exactly your team does?

Dr. Anna Saprykina: Sure! We research the exchange between literary fields. Following Pierre Bourdieu, we understand the literary field as all the actors and creators of the field. These are, first of all, writers, publishers, literary agents, critics, literary scholars and, of course, translators and representatives of cultural exchange organizations that promote literary and cultural dialogue between fields. We trace how one work created in one literary field ends up in other literary fields, how it is adapted and perceived there. In this way, we are going to consider the stages of the formation of "world literature" according to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

imagofeminae: Very interesting research! How did you come up with this topic?

Dr. Anna Saprykina: Oh! You are about to spend two hours with me! (laughing) Well, in short, I work within the framework of comparative studies. This is a direction in literary studies that involves a comparative approach to the object of study. For a long time, I studied foreign languages and then worked as a translator in international companies and as a teacher at universities. Therefore, for me, literature is a space for the implementation of language and culture. At the same time, a book in itself is an artifact of culture that can influence a national narrative many centuries later, and it is clear that narratives and cultures do not exist on their own, but in constant dialogue with other national narratives, with some more, with others less. This concerns my area of scientific interests. Regarding the research methods, I use both the classical comparative analysis of counter-flows (according to Alexander Veselovsky) from comparative studies, and the method of qualitative interviews from sociology, with which my colleagues, experts in sociology, help me a lot. In addition, since 2012 I have also been working as a journalist and therefore, I conducted a lot of interviews. By the way, I have completed a lot of internships in German media. In 2019, I participated at the Summer Academy for Journalists of the Institute for the Advancement of Young Journalists in Munich, in 2018 I worked as a guest Editor of SH:Z (Flensburger Tageblatt) in the framework of the international journalist program e.V. Marion Gräfin Dönhoff Program in Flensburg, in 2017 I did an internship at stern, G + J Verlag in Hamburg and Berlin. I am very grateful to my colleagues from these media for the invaluable experience that they shared with me, teaching me how to conduct high-quality interviews.

imagofeminae: Wow! What a wealth of experience you have!

Dr. Anna Saprykina: Thank you! It's not even about experience, but about my cultural background and the great interweaving of cultures that I've been a part of while living in different countries. I was born in Uzbekistan (I learned the Uzbek language in kindergarten), finished school in the Kuban (Krasnodar Territory – I sang in a Cossack choir), graduated from the university in the Republic of Adygea (I studied the Adyghe language and national literature). After getting a degree in applied linguistics and teaching German and French I worked as a translator and teacher of foreign languages, as associate professor of the department of foreign languages at various universities. In 2019, I defended my dissertation on the works of Heinrich Böll. Earlier, I completed my master's degree in Paris at the Sorbonne university on the works of Anatole France in comparison with the dystopia of Yevgeny Zamyatin. All these experiences helped me decide on a scientific direction and understand what are my calling and love!

imagofeminae: What projects or research are you planning to implement in the near future?

Dr. Anna Saprykina: I plan not to stop there (the results obtained in the literary field of Europe) and to begin studying the global literary field. For this, I believe it is important to study the American literary field and the ways in which American works enter the European market. For this purpose, I conduct interviews with representatives of the American literary field at the Frankfurt Book Fair, and also travel to the United States to such universities as the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Melon University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Chicago, etc.

imagofeminae: we wish you a good luck on your path! Thank you for sharing your visions with us.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. Anna Saprykina Ph.D.

Monografien

1. Saprykina 2022 – Konzept „Haus“ in dem individuellen Heinrich Bölls Kunstweltbild [Сапрыкина А.Ю. Концепт «Haus» в индивидуально-авторской картине мира Генриха Белля]. M.: Flinta, 2022 (На материале романов «Дом без хозяина», «Бильярд в половине десятого», «Глазами клоуна»): chitai-gorod.ru

1. Ponomareva, Karataeva 2014 – Konzept „Einsamkeit“ in Ingeborg Bachmanns Werken [Пономарева А.Ю., Каратаева Л. В. Концепт «Одиночество» в романе Ингеборг Бахман «Малина» // Lambert Academic Publishing: 2014]. ozon.ru

Artikel

1. Lytkina, Ponomareva 2019 – Grundsätze des Sprachcoachings im Fremdsprachenunterricht [Лыткина О.И., Пономарева А. Ю. Принципы языкового коучинга в преподавании иностранных языков

       2019 / Вестник Северо-Восточного федерального университета им. М. К. Аммосова.  Серия:                  Педагогика. Психология. Философия]

1. Ponomareva 2016 – Zur Frage nach dem Zusammenhang nationaler, individualautoristischer und künstlerischer Weltbilder [Пономарева А.Ю. К вопросу о соотношении национальной, индивидуально-авторской и художественной картин мира // Актуальные вопросы филологической науки XXI века: сб. статей V Междунар. науч. конф. молодых ученых (12 февраля 2016 г.) / общ. ред. Ж.А. Храмушина, А.С. Поршнева, А.А. Ширшикова; Урал. Федер. ун-т. – Екатеринбург: Уральский федеральный университет, 2016 – С.16–22 http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=26634503]
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   Ponomareva 2015 – „Haus“ als künstlerisches Symbol im Heinrich Bölls Roman „Haus ohne Hütter“ [Пономарева А.Ю. Дом как художественный символ в романе Г. Белля «Дом без хозяина» (из наблюдений за языком романа Генриха Бёлля «Дом без хозяина») // Вопросы филологии № 4 "52" – М.: Изд-во Институт Иностранных языков 2015 – С. 80-84 http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=26415688]
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   Ponomareva 2014 – Semantik von roten und grünen Farben im Heinrich Bölls Roman „Billard um halb neun“ [Пономарева, А.Ю. Семантика красного и зеленого цветов в произведении Генриха Белля «Бильярд в половине десятого» // Перспективы развития науки и образования: сборник научных трудов по материалам Международной научно-практической конференции 31 января 2014 г.: в 15 частях. Часть 5; М-во обр. и науки РФ. Тамбов: Изд-во ТРОО «Бизнес-Наука-Общество», 2014 – С. 98– 99 http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=22303169]
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   Ponomareva 2014 – Einige konzeptionelle Merkmale des Begriffs "Familie" im Heinrich Bölls Roman „Ansichten eines Clowns” [Пономарева, А.Ю. Некоторые концептуальные признаки концепта «семья» в произведении Г. Белля «Глазами клоуна» // Филология и культурология: современные проблемы и перспективы развития: сборник материалов 8-й международной научнопрактической конференции, (г. Махачкала, 16 мая, 2014г.) - Махачкала: ООО "Апробация", 2014 – С. 29–30 http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=22849142]
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   Ponomareva 2014 – Geschlechteraspekt des Begriffs „Farbe“ im Heinrich Bölls Roman „Ansichten eines Clowns” [Пономарева А. Ю. Гендерный аспект концепта «цвет» в произведении Генриха Белля «Глазами клоуна» // European Social Science Journal (Европейский журнал социальных наук). 2014 № 8. Том 1. – С. 214-221 http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=23324013]
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   Ponomareva 2013 – Darstellung des Konzepts "ideales Haus" im Heinrich Bölls Roman „Haus ohne Hütter“ [Пономарева, А.Ю. Репрезентация понятия «идеальный дом» в произведении Г. Белля «Дом без хозяина»// Филологические науки. Вопросы теории и практики № 5 (23): в 2-х ч. Ч. I. Тамбов: Грамота, 2013 – С. 128–131 http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=18905180]
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   Ponomareva 2013 – Darstellung der Begriffe „Vater“ und „Männlichkeit“ im Heinrich Bölls Roman „Haus ohne Hütter“ [Пономарева, А.Ю. Репрезентация концептов «отец» и «мужское начало» в романе Генриха Белля «Дом без хозяина» // "Известия высших учебных заведений. Поволжский регион. Гуманитарные науки" №4 – г. Пенза: Пензенский Государственный Университет, 2013 – С. 118–127 http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=21401673]