ESSAYS

1. The poetic structure of a maxim by La Rochefoucauld: An essay in "Theme - Text" poetics [co-author Iu. K. Shcheglov]. Poetics and Theory of Literature 3 (1978), 549-592.
2. The Somali Story  "A Soothsayer Tested" in: Themes and Texts, pp. 85-98; short Engl. version in: A Soothsayer Tested.  Somali Folktales, ed. and transl. by G.L. Kapchits, Moscow: The Way, 2006, pp. 205-217.
3. October 19, 1982, or: The semiotics of a Soviet cookie wrapper. Wiener Slawistischer Alamanach 11 (1983; special Mel'chuk issue), 341-354.
4. The 'sinister' in the poetic world of Pasternak. International Journal of Slavic Linguistics and Poetics 29 (1984), 109-131.
5. Seven "winds": translations of Pasternak's "Veter." In Language and Literary Theory, B. Stolz et al. eds., Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1984, 623-643.
6. Iz zapisok po poezii grammatiki [From notes on the poetry of grammar]: On Pasternak's figurative voices. Russian Linguistics (special Zalizniak issue; W. Lehfeldt guest ed.), 9 (1985), 375-386.
7. The stylistic roots of Palisandria. Canadian-American Slavic Studies (special Sasha Sokolov issue; D. Barton Johnson guest ed.) 21, Nos. 3-4 (Fall-Winter 1987 [actually publ. 1990], 369-400).
8. "Between Genres," in a collection of essays on Ginzburg, ed. by Jane Harris as a special issue of Canadian-American Slavic Studies 28 (1994) 2-3: 157-160.
9. Rereading Gogol's miswritten book: notes on Selected Passages from Correspondence with Friends inText Counter Text. Stanford UP, 1994 (cloth), 1995 (paper): 17-34.
10. Through Revolution’s looking-glass: Tolstoy into Zoshchenko in Text Counter Text. Stanford UP, 1994 (cloth), 1995 (paper): 35-57.
11. Before and After "After the Ball" in Text Counter Text. Stanford UP, 1994 (cloth), 1995 (paper): 59-87.
12. A study in framing: Pushkin, Bunin, Nabokov, and theories of story and discourse in Text Counter Text. Stanford UP, 1994 (cloth), 1995 (paper): 88-116.
13. De- and re-constructing a classic: “I loved you” by Joseph Brodsky in Text Counter Text. Stanford UP, 1994 (cloth), 1995 (paper): 117-146.
14. The beauty mark and the 'I's of the beholder in Text Counter Text. Stanford UP, 1994 (cloth), 1995 (paper): 147-163.
15. Limonov at literary Olympics (On his short story "The Belle Who Had Inspired the Poet"). in Text Counter Text. Stanford UP, 1994 (cloth), 1995 (paper): 163-180:
16. A duet in three movements: Bulgakov — Olesha – Bulgakov in Text Counter Text. Stanford UP, 1994 (cloth), 1995 (paper): 181-212.
17. The dynamics of adaptation: Pasternk’s second birth in Text Counter Text. Stanford UP, 1994 (cloth), 1995 (paper): 213-240.
18. A dystopian “Newdream” Fivefold : Analyzing Ilf and Petrov’s Closet Monarchist in Text Counter Text. Stanford UP, 1994 (cloth), 1995 (paper): 241-269.
19. The codes and contexts of Platonov's "Fro"” in Text Counter Text> Stanford UP, 1994 (cloth), 1995 (paper): 70-296.
20.  How a Russian Maupassant was made in Odessa and Yasnaya Polyana: Isaak Babel and the Tolstoy legacy.   Slavic Review, 53, 3 (1994): 671-693; Russ. version in Babel'/Babel [ Isaak Babel; co-author M. B. Yampolsky]. Moscow: Carte blanche, 1994: 30-56.
21.  Eisenstein's poetics: dialogical or totalitarian? in: Laboratory of Dreams: The Russian Avant-Garde and Cultural Experiment, ed. by John E. Bowlt and Olga Matich, Stanford UP, 1996: 245-256.
22.  "What is the author trying to say with his artistic work?": rereading Zoshchenko's oeuvre. Slavic and East European Journal, 40 (1996), 3: 458-474.
23.  Pushkin Under Our Skin. Alexander Pushkin: A Celebration of Russia's Best-loved Writer. Ed. A. D. P. Briggs. London: Hazar Publishing, 1999. P. 189-196.
24.  The obverse of  Stalinism: Akhmatova's self-serving charisma of Selflessness. In Self and Story in Russian History, ed. by Laura Engelstein and Stephanie Sandler, Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2000: 46-68.
25.   Mikhail Zoshchenko's Shadow Operas. In Russian Literature and the Other Arts. Ed. Catriona Kelly and Stephen Lovell. Cambridge University Press , 2000: 119-146.
26.   The Power of Grammar and Grammar of Power in the Childhood Scenes of Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible. In Eisenstein at 100: A Reconsideration. Eds. Al LaValley and Barry P. Scherr. New Brunswick, New Jersey and London: Rutgers UP. P. 253-267.
27.   Poem, Problem, Prank. The Nabokovian 47 (Fall 2001, forthcoming).
28.   Poetry of Grammar or Pragmatics of Poetry? (Confessions of a Compulsive Conservative). Paper at the Symposium Between History and System: Slavic Theory Today, at Yale University, March 1-2, 2002.
29.   Towards a typology of “debut” narratives: Babel, Nabokov and Others: Paper at the conference on The Enigma of Isaac Babel. Stanford University, 29 February-2 March 2004.
30. Rethinking the canon: Non-conformist Soviet classics in post-Soviet perspectivein. In the Materials of the Second Nevada Conference on Russian Culture. Ed. Dmitry Shalin (forthcoming).
31. You Don’t Know What You’re Missing. Hermitage Magazine 2006, No. 2: 32-33.
32. In Memoram M. L. Gasparov: A Poetic Offering (Ivan Bunin’s "Without Me"; 1916 ). Paper at the USC Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures Symposium on Recent Books on Russian Poetry dedicated to the memory of M.L. Gasparov, Friday, April 7, 2006.
33. Infinitive Poetry, Relevance Of Linguistics And Issues In Poetic Analysis. Paper at the AATSEEL 2010/2011 Convention (Pasadena, CA), Panel on "Work in Progress" ( Jan. 07, 2011).
34. Iskander's Pantomime Narratives. Paper at the AATSEEL 2010/2011 Convention (Pasadena, CA), Panel on "Literary Theatrics: Gestures, Staginess, and Speech" (Jan. 8, 2011). Journal version in: Toronto Slavic Quarterly 35: 272-242.
35. More Keys To The Lamarck Puzzle And Related Theoretical Issues. Paper at the ASEEES 2010 Convention (Los Angeles, CA), Panel on "Mandelstam Revisited" (Nov. 20, 2010).