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3.00 Credits
Study of the American and British short story as it was influenced by the Russian master of the short story, Anton Chekhov. Readings include Chekhov's early humorous stories and his mature works, essays on the short story, and selected stories by Raymond Carver, Bernard Malamud, Katherine Mansfield, Alice Munro, Joyce Carol Oates, Eudora Welty, Virginia Woolf, Richard Wright, and others. Conducted in English; no knowledge of Russian required. Three credit hours. L. DE SHERBININ
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4.00 Credits
Topics change each year. In Fall 2008: "Tolstoy or Dostoevsky " Selected masterpieces of Russia's greatest writers that focus on the predicament of the individual and the family within the confines of the larger society. Compare and contrast the literary styles and conclusions of two writers and attempt to answer the question: Who is Russia's greatest writer Emphasis on improved writing and oral skills. First-year students are welcome. Conducted in English. Four credit hours. L. MCCARTHY
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4.00 Credits
From 1917 to 1991 the world's most prolonged attempt at building a socialist utopia took place in the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.). While the Revolution of 1917 was initially greeted with enthusiasm by writers and intellectuals, it eventually demanded of them ideological fealty. Readings in Russian modernism look at innovations in style and genre that defied the official demands of Socialist Realism. Texts include prose, drama, poetry, literature of the Stalinist labor camps, and film screenings. Conducted in English. First-year students are welcome. Four credit hours. L. DE SHERBININ
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to some of the world's most influential authors--Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov--and study of selected works by Pushkin, Gogol, Lermontov, and Turgenev. Conducted in English; no knowledge of Russian required. Four credit hours. L.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of socialist realists' vision of utopia, including selected works of Gorky, Sholokhov, and others, in comparison to the prophecies of modernist writers such as Bulgakov, Zamiaatin, Olesha, Pasternak, and others. Careful attention to the writing process in a series of brief student essays. Conducted in English; no knowledge of Russian required. Four credit hours. L.
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4.00 Credits
Selected readings of memoirs, poetry, short stories, and novels from Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America explore the ways that writers preserve a record of human cruelty and endurance. Writings by witnesses to, and victims of, some of the 20th century's most repressive political systems are studied in an investigation of how fiction disseminates information, facilitates survival, and insists upon remembrance. Four credit hours. L, I.
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3.00 Credits
Reading and analysis of literary and historical texts from the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics change each year. Grammar review and continued practice in oral and written expression. Multimedia materials supplement the readings. Conducted in Russian. Prerequisite: Russian 128; Russian 325 is prerequisite for 326. Four credit hours. MCCARTHY
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3.00 Credits
An informal weekly small-group meeting for intermediate/advanced conversation practice in Russian. Topics include contemporary film, current social and political issues, and reflections on cultural differences between the United States and Russia. Conducted entirely in Russian. May be repeated for credit. Nongraded. Prerequisite: Russian 127 or equivalent. One credit hour. VASILYEVA
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1.00 Credits
Weekly one-hour meetings focus on poems by one of the major 20th-century Russian poets, including Blok, Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, Pasternak, Mandelshtam, and Brodsky. Readings in Russian; discussion in English. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Russian 127. One credit hour.
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3.00 Credits
Readings, which change every year, lectures, and discussions of selected 19th- and 20th-century stories. In fall 2007, "Madness in Russian Literature." Exploration of themes related to insanity in works by Pushkin, Chekhov, Garshin, Zinaida Gippius, and others: the Romantic mad genius, authority and insanity, philosophical and political understandings of madness, and feminism and madness. Conducted entirely in Russian. Prerequisite: Russian 325. Four credit hours. L.
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