Topic: Russia & the Age of Revolution
| Time | Days | Location | Instructor | GER | Credit | OPUS Class Number | Syllabus (Tentative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4:00pm-5:15pm | TuTh | MODERN LANGUAGE_330 | Epstein, Mikhail. | HSCW. | 4 | 1973 | TBA. |
January 18, 2012- May 01, 2012
Crosslisted: IDS385-000, RUSS372-000.
Catalog Description: Lively topical or theoretical approaches to a given set of literary texts or problems. May be repeated for credit when subject varies. Fulfills the post-freshman writing requirement.
Semester Details: If ever history hasreached the proportion of both a great myth and a terrifying nightmare, it was in Russia during the XXth century. Russian literature developed side by side with the revolutionary events of the century, and left its historiography, which competes in intensity, uniqueness, and power of imaginative geniuses with some of the greatest works written in any time or place. In this class, the students will be introduced to this cultural maelstrom, startingwith Tolstoy’s and Chekhov's realistic assessment of Russian society and ending with some of the most notable contemporary writers.
Required Textbooks, Articles, and Resources
- The Portable Twentieth-Century Russian Reader.
- Handbook of Russian Literature, ed. Victor Terras.
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- Master and Margarita, Trans. Burgin.
- Moscow to the End of the Line.
- Additional readings assigned for this class are available on e-reserves (through Euclid).
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