LIT 215 - Eastern European Prose Since 1800

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Harper College

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Presents a survey of prose, predominantly fiction, starting with the creative outpouring in the early nineteenth century (Lermontov, Gogol) and moving through Soviet and post- Soviet writing from socialist realism to glasnost and beyond (Sholokhov, Solzehenitsyn, Klima, Kundera, Pavic). Other writers may include Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, Chekhov, Babel, Bely, Bulgakov, Mandelstam, Nabokov and Pasternak. Not limited to Russian literature, this course encompasses a wide range of Eastern European writers that may include Albanians, Bosnians, Bulgarians, Croats, Czechs, Hungarians, Poles, Serbs, Slovenes, Ukrainians, Roma, and others. Political, cultural, and historical background will help to illuminate crucial differences between these groups as reflected through literature. All texts taught in English translation. Prerequisite: ENG 101 with a grade of C or better.

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0.00 - 3.00

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Institution Website:

www.harpercollege.edu

Phone Number:

(847) 925-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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