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Rus 223 Course Schedule
(Subject to change)

DATE
TOPIC
READING

Aug. 19
​Introduction
Survey of Russian history
Old Russian Literature

Aug. 24
​Old Russian Literature
​Excerpts from Russian Primary Chroniclein Zenkovsky, pp. 44-77.
Vladimir Monomakh’s “Instruction” in Zenkovsky, pp. 92-100.
“Boris and Gleb” in Rzhevsky, pp. 21-31. 
“Igor Tale” in Zenkovsky, pp. 169-190or in Rzhevsky.
“The Battle on the River Kalka,” in Zenkovsky, pp. 193-96.
“Orison on the Downfall of Russia” in Zenkovsky, pp. 196-97.
“Zadonshchina” in Zenkovskypp. 212-23.
“Life of Alexander Nevsky,” in Zenkovsky, pp. 225-36. 

Aug. 26
​Old Russian Literature
17thCentury 
​“Peter and Fevronia,” in Zenkovsky, pp. 291-300
 “The Life of Michael, A Fool in Christ,” in Zenkovsky, pp. 301-10
“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.

Aug. 31
​The turn west under Peter the Great
18thCentury: 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

Sep. 2
​18thCentury: 
Sentimentalism
​Derzhavin poems in Segel, II.
Fonvizin, “The Minor” in Reeve 
Karamzin, "Poor Liza" in Proffer

Sep. 9
​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. 

Sep. 14
​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

Sep. 16
Pushkin
1st Essay due on Eugene Onegin
Pushkin, Eugene Onegin

Sep. 21
Exam #1
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Sep. 23
Lermontov
Brodsky & Myers, pp. 85-104
Lermontov, “Borodino,” in Rzhevsky

Sep. 28
Lermontov
2nd Essay due on Hero of Our Time 
Lermontov, A Hero of Our Time

Sep. 30
​The Natural School 
Gogol
​Gogol, “The Overcoat," in Proffer 
Gogol, “The Inspector General” in Reeve

Oct. 5
Gogol
3rd Essay due on Dead Souls
Gogol, Dead Souls (read only Part 1)

Oct. 7
​Gogol
Realism 
Turgenev
​Turgenev, "Bezhin Meadow," in Proffer
Turgenev, “First Love” in Gibian
Turgenev, “The Knocking” in Chandler

Oct. 12
Turgenev
4th Essay due on Fathers and Sons
Turgenev, Fathers and Sons/Children

Oct. 14
​Literature of the Radicals:
Chernyshevsky
Saltykov-Shchedrin
Nekrasov
​Saltykov-Shchedrin, “How a Peasant Fed Two Generals” in Gibian.
Brodsky & Myers, pp. 127-36.

Oct. 19
​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)

Oct. 21
Exam #2

Oct. 26
Goncharov
Goncharov, Oblomov​

Oct. 28
Goncharov
5th Essay due​ on Oblomov
Goncharov, Oblomov

Nov. 2
Other Poets: Fet, Tyutchev
Literary Criticism
Literary Polemics
Brodsky and Myers, pp. 105-116, 137-48
Tyutchev poems in Gibian, pp. 276-80

Nov. 4
​Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment

Nov. 9
Dostoevsky
6thEssay due
Crime and Punishment

Nov. 11
Dostoevsky
Dostoevsky, "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" in Proffer

Nov. 16
Tolstoy
Tolstoy, "God Sees the Truth But Waits," "The Death of Ivan Ilych," in Proffer
Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

Nov. 18
Exam #3

Nov. 30
Tolstoy
7th Essay due on Anna Karenina
Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

Dec. 2
The Doldrums
Garshin, “The Red Flower” in Proffer
Korolenko, “Makar’s Dream” in Proffer.

Dec. 8
​COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAMINATION
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