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Rus 223 Course Schedule
(Subject to change)

DATE
TOPIC
READING

Jan. 11
​Introduction
Old Russian Literature

Jan. 18
​Old Russian Literature
​Excerpts from Russian Primary Chroniclein Zenkovsky, pp. 44-77.
“Boris and Gleb” in Rzhevsky, pp. 21-31. 
“Igor Tale” in Zenkovsky, pp. 169-190or in Rzhevsky.
“Zadonshchina” in Zenkovskypp. 212-23.

Jan. 23
​Old Russian Literature:
17thCentury 
​“Peter and Fevronia,” in Zenkovsky, pp. 291-300
“Misery Luckless Plight,” “Savva Grudtsyn,” and “Frol Skobeev” in Zenkovsky, pp. 452-87, 489-501. 
“Autobiography of Avvakum” in Zenkovsky, pp. 401-48 or in Rzhevsky.

Jan. 25
​​18th Century: The turn to the West and Neo-Classicism
​Kantemir, "Satire I: To My Mind" in Segel, I, pp. 154-63.
Trediakovskii in Segel, I, pp. 166-71, 173-77 Lomonosov (except “Letter on the Use of Glass”) in Segel, I, pp. 182-208
Sumarokov, "Song" in Segel, I, p. 248; "Dmitrii the Impostor" in Segel, II, pp. 397-434

Jan. 30
​18thCentury: 
Sentimentalism
​Derzhavin poems in Segel, II.
Fonvizin, “The Minor” in Reeve 
Karamzin, "Poor Liza" in Proffer

Feb. 1
​Pre-Romanticism
Zhukovsky
Griboedov 
​Brodsky & Myers, pp. 3-30, 53-81
Zhukovsky, “Svetlana” [see Blackboard Learn]
Griboedov, “The Trouble with Reason” in Reeve
Pushkin poems in Brodsky & Myers, pp. 31-52.
Pushkin poems in Gibian, pp. 4-8. 

Feb. 6
​Romanticism 
Pushkin
​Pushkin, "The Station Master," in Proffer
Pushkin, "The Queen of Spades,” in Proffer
Pushkin, “The Bronze Horseman,” in Rzhevsky (also in Gibian)
Pushkin, "Boris Godunov" in Reeve

Feb. 8
Pushkin
1st Essay due on Eugene Onegin
Pushkin, Eugene Onegin

Feb. 13
Lermontov
​Brodsky & Myers, pp. 85-104
Lermontov, “Borodino,” in Rzhevsky​

Feb. 15
Lermontov
2nd Essay due on Hero of Our Time
Lermontov, A Hero of Our Time

Feb. 20
Exam #1​

Feb. 22
​The Natural School 
Gogol
​Gogol, “The Overcoat," in Proffer 
Gogol, “The Inspector General” in Reeve

Feb. 27
Gogol
3rd Essay due on Dead Souls
Gogol, Dead Souls (read only Part 1)

March 1
Realism 
Turgenev
​Turgenev, "Bezhin Meadow," in Proffer
Turgenev, “First Love” in Gibian
​Turgenev, “Asya” (Blackboard)

March 6
Turgenev
4th Essay due on Fathers and Sons
Turgenev, Fathers and Sons/Children

March 8
​Literature of the Radicals:
Chernyshevsky
Saltykov-Shchedrin
Nekrasov
​Saltykov-Shchedrin, “How a Peasant Fed Two Generals” in Gibian.
Saltykov-Shchedrin, "The Wild Gentleman." (Blackboard)
Nekrasov, "The Peddlers" (Blackboard)
Brodsky & Myers, pp. 127-36.

March 20
​Ostrovsky
Leskov
Pisemsky
​Ostrovsky, “The Storm” in Reeve
Leskov, "Lady McBeth of Mtsensk District" in Proffer
Leskov, “The Steel Flea” in Chandler (also in Rzhevsky)

March 22
Other Poets: Fet, Tyutchev 
​
Goncharov
Brodsky and Myers, pp. 105-116, 137-48
Tyutchev poems in Gibian, pp. 276-80
Goncharov, Oblomov

March 27
Goncharov
​5th Essay due​ on Oblomov
Goncharov, Oblomov​

March 29
Literary Criticism
Literary Polemics

Belinsky, "Article on Eugene Onegin" (Blackboard)
Chernyshevsky, "The Russian at the Rendezvous" (Blackboard)
Dobrolyubov, "What Is Oblomovshchina?" ​(Blackboard)

Apr. 3
Exam #2
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Apr. 5
​Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment

Apr. 10
Dostoevsky
6th Essay due on Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment

Apr. 12
Dostoevsky
Dostoevsky, "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" in Proffer

Apr. 17
Tolstoy
Tolstoy, "God Sees the Truth But Waits," "The Death of Ivan Ilych," in Proffer
Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

Apr. 19
Tolstoy

Apr. 24
Tolstoy
7th Essay due on Anna Karenina
Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

Apr. 26
The Doldrums
Garshin, “The Red Flower” in Proffer
Korolenko, “Makar’s Dream” in Proffer.

May 2
​COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAMINATION
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