Talk:Heart of a Dog

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It might be nice to note that "preobrazhenie" is something like "transformation" in Slavic languages (http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/Russian-english/%25D0%25BF/%25D0%25BF%25D1%2580%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B1%25D1%2580%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B6%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B5.html). It's common to have names with meanings in Russian literature, and that gives another dimension to works.

On the other hand, while the choice of this name is undoubtedly intentional, we shouldn't give the impression that it is a made-up name which doesn't occur in the real world - e.g. Yevgeny Preobrazhensky. Invisible Capybara 22:48, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Preobrazhenie" also means "Transfiguration" (of Jesus). "Preobrazhenski" is one of common family names for people, whos origin was from priest's family. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.248.114.225 (talk) 08:32, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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This has been tagged as part of the Novels WikiProject. I would just ask if this a long enough prose peice to be considered a Novel or Novella. Some of the article text seems to imply that it should perhaps be considered a short story, which puts it beyond the purview of our project. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 10:06, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Morale

An important part of the novel is a conflict betveen a primitive and an intellectual. It was very important in Russia of 1920-es, as at that period many people without any cosiderable education and with great ambitions gained power and took their "revenge" on intelligentsia. As Bulgakov felt himself to be part of intellectual elite and never accepted the Revolution (openly preferring it to "the Great Evolution"), this conflict was very important for him. 193.111.251.242 13:39, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Translation

I've removed the reference to "literal" translation of the name as "dog's heart", as it seems absolutely incorrect to me. Though it might seem a little paradoxical to some, "heart of a dog" (note the indefinite article) is a proper translation of "собачье сердце" and "dog's heart" would be properly and literally translated to russian as "сердце собаки". Feel free to correct me if you insist. 64.131.250.74 02:19, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the rendering of "sharik" from "little ball" to "Spot," as that is the equivalent cliche. Littrans (talk) 02:31, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Science ´fiction´

An MDR programme at ARTE TV showed that inter-spiecies transplantations were done in the USSR between 1917 and 1930. Bulgakov could take this for the novel. As such it is less a parody or fiction than i expected!

`Menschenlabor Sowjetunion´ (Deutschland, 2009, 52mn) MDR Regie: Boris Rabin

Now on Youtube.

8.12.2009 still repeated on ARTE —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.144.194.122 (talk) 13:41, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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