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Rus 224 Course Schedule
(Subject to change)

DATE
TOPIC
READING
Jan. 13
Introduction
Survey of late Imperial Russian/Soviet history
Jan. 20
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. 25
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. 27
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.
Feb. 1
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.
Feb. 3
Symbolism
Andreev, “He Who Gets Slapped” in Reeve.
Bely poems in Markov.
Bely, Petersburg
Feb. 8
Bely’s Petersburg
1st Essay due on Petersburg
Bely, Petersburg
Feb. 10
Acmeism
​Akhmatova poems in Brown and in Markov
Mandelshtam poems in Brow and in Markov
Gumilev poems in Markov.
Feb. 15
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
Feb. 17
Zamyatin, We
2nd Essay due on We
Zamyatin, We
Feb. 22
Exam #1
Feb. 24
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
March 1
The 1920’s
​
3rd Essay due on Envy
Olesha, Envy in Brown
March 3
Émigré Literature
1930’s
Socialist Realism

Nabokov in Brown and in 50 Writers
Platonov in Brown​
Bulgakov, 
Master and Margarita
March 8
Bulgakov
​
4th Essay due on Master and Margarita
Bulgakov, Master and Margarita
March 10
WWII and after
Soviet Drama

​Zoshchenko stories in Brown, in Chandler, and in 50 Writers
Shvarts, “The Shadow” in Reeve
March 22
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
​Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
March 24
Pasternak
5th essay due on Dr. Zhivago
Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
March 29
The 1960s
Dissidence
Samizdat
​Sinyavsky, in Brown and in 50 Writers
Daniel, in 50 Writers
Aksyonov in 50 Writers
Iskander in 50 Writers
March 31
Exam #2
April 5
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 7
Solzhenitsyn
6th Essay due on One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
April 12
The Brezhnev era
Shalamov in Brown; Sokolov in Brown Vladimov in Brown
Dovlatov, in 50 Writers
​
Voinovich, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
April 14
The Brezhnev era
Voinovich
7th Essay due on The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
Voinovich, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
April 19
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 21
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
April 28
COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAMINATION
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