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Rus 224 Course Schedule
(Subject to change)

DATE
TOPIC
READING
Jan. 9
Introduction
Survey of late Imperial Russian/Soviet history
Jan. 14
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
Jan. 16
Neo-Realism
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.
Jan. 23
Neo-Realism
Bunin
Bunin: “Gentleman from San Francisco” in Luker or Proffer; “Light Breathing” in Brown; “Antonov Apples” and “The Dreams of Chang” in Luker; “Tanya” in 50 Writers.
Jan. 28
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.
Jan. 30
Symbolism
Andreev, “He Who Gets Slapped” in Reeve.
Bely poems in Markov.
Feb. 4
Bely’s Petersburg
1st Essay due
Bely, Petersburg
Feb. 6
Acmeism
Akhmatova poems in Brown and in Markov
Mandelshtam poems in Brow and in Markov
Gumilev poems in Markov.
Feb. 11
Futurism
Mayakovsky, “The Bedbug” in Reeve, poems in Markov.
Khlebnikov, “Nikolai” in Brown, poems in Markov
Feb. 13
Other poetry
Literature after the Revolution
Esenin poems in Markov
Tsvetaeva poems in Markov
Pasternak poems in Markov
Feb. 18
Exam #1
Feb. 20
The 1920’s
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
M. Sholokhov, “Family Man” in 50 Writers
Feb. 25
The 1920’s
2nd Essay due
Zamyatin, We
Feb. 27
The 1920’s
Olesha, “Envy” in Brown
March 4
Émigré Literature
1930’s
Nabokov in Brown and in 50 Writers
Platonov in Brown
March 6
Socialist Realism
3rd Essay due
Kataev, Time, Forward!
March 18
Bulgakov
4th Essay due
Bulgakov, Master and Margarita
March 20
WWII and after
Soviet Drama
Zoshchenko stories in Brown, in Chandler, and in 50 Writers
Shvarts, “The Shadow” in Reeve
March 25
The Thaw
Post-war Poets
Pasternak
Markov, pp. 771-89, 799-805
Brodsky, Akhmadulina, Yevtushenko, and Voznesensky in Carlisle.
Brodsky, Slutsky, Akhmadulina and Okudzhava in Smith
March 27
Pasternak
5th essay due
Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
April 1
Exam #2
April 3
The 1960s
Dissidence
Samizdat
Sinyavsky, in Brown and in 50 Writers
Daniel, in 50 Writers
Aksyonov in 50 Writers
Iskander in 50 Writers
April 8
Solzhenitsyn
6th Essay due
Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
April 10
Village Prose
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.
April 15
The Brezhnev era
Shalamov in Brown; Sokolov in Brown Vladimov in Brown
Dovlatov, in 50 Writers
April 17
The Brezhnev era
Voinovich
7th Essay due
Voinovich, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
April 22
Glasnost and Perestroika
Petrushevskaya in Goscilo and Lindsey and in Zalygin
Tolstaya in Goscilo and Lindsey and in Zalygin.
Tolstaya, in 50 Writers
Erofeyev, in 50 Writers
Dovlatov, in Chandler
April 24
Post-Soviet Trends
Pelevin, “A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia”
Pelevin, in 50 Writers
Sorokin, in 50 Writers
Ulitskaya, in 50 Writers
Buida, in 50 Writers
Buida, in Chandler
Petrushevskaya, in 50 Writers
May 1
COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAMINATION
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  • Andrew M. Drozd
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    • Rus 325 >
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    • Rus 326 >
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    • Rus 361 >
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    • Rus 362 >
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