Rus 326: Course Schedule (Subject to change)
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Date
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TOPIC
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READING
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Jan. 12
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Introduction
Tolstoy Family History |
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Jan. 19
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Childhood
Educational Background |
Childhood-Boyhood-Youth
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Jan. 24
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University and aftermath
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Childhood-Boyhood-Youth
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Jan. 26
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Army/Crimean War
1st Essay due on Childhood-Boyhood-Youth. |
Childhood-Boyhood-Youth
Sevastopol Sketches |
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Jan. 31
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First publications:
Childhood/Sevastopol |
The Raid
The Wood-Felling |
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Feb. 2
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St. Petersburg
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Two Hussars
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Feb. 7
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Tolstoy and others
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Family Happiness
The Cossacks in Great Short Works |
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Feb. 9
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Retreat from literature
2nd Essay due on The Cossacks. |
The Cossacks in Great Short Works
War and Peace |
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Feb. 14
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Marriage and Early Family Life
Return to Literature |
War and Peace
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Feb. 16
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Exam #1
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War and Peace
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Feb. 21
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War and Peace
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War and Peace
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Feb. 23
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War and Peace
3rd Essay on War and Peace due |
Anna Karenina
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Feb. 28
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War and Peace
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Anna Karenina
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March 2
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Retreat from literature
Pedagogical work |
Anna Karenina
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March 7
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Anna Karenina
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Anna Karenina
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March 9
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Anna Karenina
4th Essay on Anna Karenina due |
Anna Karenina
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March 21
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Anna Karenina
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God Sees the Truth But Waits Memoirs of a Madman
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March 23
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Crisis/Conversion
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A Confession
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March 28
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Tolstoy as prophet: religious writings
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What Men Live By,
How Much Land Does a Man Need, Strider |
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March 30
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Exam #2
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April 4
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Post-conversion family life
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The Death of Ivan Ilych, Kreutzer Sonata in Great Short Works
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April 6
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1890’s
5th Essay on The Death of Ivan Ilych due |
Resurrection |
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April 11
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1890’s
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Resurrection
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April 13
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Later family life
6th Essay on Resurrection due |
Resurrection
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April 18
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Later Fiction
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The Devil
Master and Man |
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April 20
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Battles with State and Church
7th Essay due (on one of the works not previously assigned) |
The Power of Darkness
What Is Art? (extract) |
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April 25
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Revolution of 1905
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Father Sergius
Alyosha the Pot |
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April 27
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Final Years/Death
Legacy |
Hadji Murad
"The Law of Violence and the Law of Love," in Edie; “The Meaning of the Russian Revolution,” in Raeff; “I Cannot Be Silent.” |
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May 2
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FINAL EXAMINATION
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