Boris Vadimovich Kondakov (russian: Бори́с Вади́мович Кондако́в, ) (born March 29, 1954) is a Russian specialist in

literary criticism Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. Th ...

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

, Doctor of Philology, head of

Russian literature Russian literature refers to the literature of Russia and its émigrés and to Russian language, Russian-language literature. The roots of Russian literature can be traced to the Middle Ages, when epics and chronicles in Old East Slavic were c ...

department, Dean of philological faculty at Perm State National Research University (since 1998). He is a grandson of Vadim Alexandrovich Kondakov (russian: Вадим Александрович Кондаков), Professor of Perm State University, and a brother of Igor Vadimovich Kondakov (russian: Игорь Вадимович Кондаков), a philosopher and culturologist. Also he is a leader of the school "Typological Regularities and Dialogue of Cultures in Russian Literature of the 19th to 21st Centuries".Main schools of research and its leaders: Направления научной деятельности и научные лидеры // Пермский государственный национальный исследовательский университет
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Sources

* Personal Page of B. Kondakov at Perm State National Research University's Official Page

* Boris Kondakov's page at "Perm Culture Encyclopedi

* List of B. Kondakov's publications in "Журнальный зал" online-magazin

References

1954 births Russian philologists Perm State University alumni Academic staff of Perm State University Living people {{Russia-academic-bio-stub