Rus 224 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. 23
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Introduction
Very brief survey of late Imperial Russian/Soviet history |
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Aug. 28
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The Late 19th Century
Chekhov |
Chekhov, "Heartache," "Gooseberries," "Anna on the Neck," and "The Darling" in Proffer
Chekhov, “Lady with a Dog” in Gibian Chekhov, “The Bishop” in Brown Chekhov, “The Seagull” in Reeve |
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Aug. 30
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Neo-Realism
Gorky |
Gorky, “Twenty Six. . .” in Luker or in Gibian.
Gorky, “The Lower Depths” in Reeve. Gorky, “Chelkash” in Proffer or in Luker Kuprin: “The Garnet Bracelet” in Luker or in Proffer. |
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Sep. 6
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Neo-Realism
Bunin |
Bunin: “Gentleman from San Francisco” in Luker or Proffer; “Light Breathing” in Brown; “The Dreams of Chang” in Luker; “Tanya” in 50 Writers.
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Sep. 11
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The Modernist Revolt
Symbolism |
Soloviev, “A Brief Tale about the Antichrist” and “Panmongolism” in Politics, Law, Morality.
Markov, pp. 47-49, 139. Blok: “The Puppet Show” in Reeve; Blok poems in Brown and in Markov. |
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Sep. 13
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Symbolism
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Andreev, “He Who Gets Slapped” in Reeve.
Bely poems in Markov. Bely, Petersburg |
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Sep. 18
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Bely’s Petersburg
1st Essay due on Petersburg |
Bely, Petersburg
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Sep. 20
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Acmeism
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Akhmatova poems in Brown and in Markov
Mandelshtam poems in Brow and in Markov Gumilev poems in Markov. |
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Sep. 25
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Futurism
Other poetry Literature after the Revolution |
Mayakovsky, “The Bedbug” in Reeve, poems in Markov.
Khlebnikov, “Nikolai” in Brown, poems in Markov Esenin poems in Markov Tsvetaeva poems in Markov Pasternak poems in Markov |
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Sep. 27
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The 1920’s
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Babel stories in Brown; “The Death of Dolgushov” and “Salt” in Chandler; “Gedali,” “The Rabbi,” and “The Rabbi’s Son” in 50 Writers
Zamyatin, “The Cave” in Brown Zamyatin, We |
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Oct. 2
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The 1920’s
2nd Essay due on We |
Zamyatin, We
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Oct. 4
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Exam #1
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Oct. 9
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The 1920’s
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Olesha, Envy in Brown
M. Sholokhov, “Family Man” in 50 Writers Start reading Bulgakov, Master and Margarita |
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Oct. 11
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Émigré Literature
1930’s Socialist Realism |
Nabokov in Brown and in 50 Writers
Platonov in Brown Bulgakov, Master and Margarita |
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Oct. 16
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Bulgakov
3rd Essay due on Master and Margarita |
Bulgakov, Master and Margarita
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Oct. 18
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Bulgakov
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Start reading Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
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Oct. 23
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Zoshchenko
WWII and after Soviet Drama |
Zoshchenko stories in Brown, in Chandler, and in 50 Writers
Shvarts, “The Shadow” in Reeve |
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Oct. 25
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The Thaw
Post-war Poets Pasternak |
Slutsky, Evtushenko, Veznesensky, Akhmadulina in Markov
Brodsky, Akhmadulina, Yevtushenko, and Voznesensky in Carlisle. Brodsky, Slutsky, Akhmadulina and Okudzhava in Smith Continue Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago |
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Oct. 30
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Pasternak
4th essay due on Doctor Zhivago |
Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
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Nov. 1
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The 1960s
Dissidence Samizdat |
Sinyavsky, in Brown and in 50 Writers
Daniel, in 50 Writers Aksyonov in 50 Writers Iskander in 50 Writers |
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Nov. 6
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Village Prose
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Solzhenitsyn in Brown
Shukshin; “The Outside” and “Moving to the Country” Shukshin in Chandler and in 50 Writers Rasputin, “Vasily and Vasilisa” Rasputin in Zalygin. |
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Nov. 8
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Exam #2
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Nov. 13
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Solzhenitsyn
5th Essay due on One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich |
Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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Nov. 15
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The Brezhnev era
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Shalamov in Brown;
Sokolov in Brown Vladimov in Brown Dovlatov, in 50 Writers Start Voinovich, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin |
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Nov. 27
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The Brezhnev era
Voinovich 6th Essay due on The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin |
Voinovich, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
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Nov. 29
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Glasnost and Perestroika
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Petrushevskaya in Goscilo and Lindsey and in Zalygin
Erofeyev, in 50 Writers Dovlatov, in Chandler Tolstaya, The Slynx |
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Dec. 4
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Post-Soviet Trends
7th Essay due on Tolstaya, The Slynx |
Tolstaya, The Slynx
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Dec. 6
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Post-Soviet Trends
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Pelevin, “A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia”
Pelevin, in 50 Writers Ulitskaya, in 50 Writers Buida, in 50 Writers Buida, in Chandler Petrushevskaya, in 50 Writers |
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Dec. 11
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COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAMINATION
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