Rus 223 Course Schedule
(Subject to change)
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DATE
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TOPIC
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READING
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Aug. 19
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Introduction
Survey of Russian history Old Russian Literature |
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Aug. 24
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Old Russian Literature
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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. |
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Aug. 26
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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. |
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Aug. 31
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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 |
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Sep. 2
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18thCentury:
Sentimentalism |
Derzhavin poems in Segel, II.
Fonvizin, “The Minor” in Reeve Karamzin, "Poor Liza" in Proffer |
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Sep. 9
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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. |
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Sep. 14
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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 |
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Sep. 16
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Pushkin
1st Essay due on Eugene Onegin |
Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
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Sep. 21
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Exam #1
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Sep. 23
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Lermontov
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Brodsky & Myers, pp. 85-104
Lermontov, “Borodino,” in Rzhevsky |
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Sep. 28
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Lermontov
2nd Essay due on Hero of Our Time |
Lermontov, A Hero of Our Time
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Sep. 30
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The Natural School
Gogol |
Gogol, “The Overcoat," in Proffer
Gogol, “The Inspector General” in Reeve |
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Oct. 5
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Gogol
3rd Essay due on Dead Souls |
Gogol, Dead Souls (read only Part 1)
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Oct. 7
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Gogol
Realism Turgenev |
Turgenev, "Bezhin Meadow," in Proffer
Turgenev, “First Love” in Gibian Turgenev, “The Knocking” in Chandler |
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Oct. 12
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Turgenev
4th Essay due on Fathers and Sons |
Turgenev, Fathers and Sons/Children
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Oct. 14
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Literature of the Radicals:
Chernyshevsky Saltykov-Shchedrin Nekrasov |
Saltykov-Shchedrin, “How a Peasant Fed Two Generals” in Gibian.
Brodsky & Myers, pp. 127-36. |
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Oct. 19
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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) |
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Oct. 21
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Exam #2
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Oct. 26
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Goncharov
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Goncharov, Oblomov
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Oct. 28
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Goncharov
5th Essay due on Oblomov |
Goncharov, Oblomov
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Nov. 2
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Other Poets: Fet, Tyutchev
Literary Criticism Literary Polemics |
Brodsky and Myers, pp. 105-116, 137-48
Tyutchev poems in Gibian, pp. 276-80 |
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Nov. 4
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Dostoevsky
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Crime and Punishment
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Nov. 9
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Dostoevsky
6thEssay due |
Crime and Punishment
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Nov. 11
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Dostoevsky
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Dostoevsky, "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" in Proffer
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Nov. 16
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Tolstoy
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Tolstoy, "God Sees the Truth But Waits," "The Death of Ivan Ilych," in Proffer
Tolstoy, Anna Karenina |
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Nov. 18
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Exam #3
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Nov. 30
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Tolstoy
7th Essay due on Anna Karenina |
Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
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Dec. 2
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The Doldrums
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Garshin, “The Red Flower” in Proffer
Korolenko, “Makar’s Dream” in Proffer. |
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Dec. 8
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COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAMINATION
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