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Academic Year 2000/2001

Tolstoy
RUSS 252 FA
Crosslistings:
REES 252

A study of Tolstoy's life (1828-1910) and works, beginning with his autobiographical novel, CHILDHOOD (1852), including WAR AND PEACE (1869) and ANNA KARENINA (1877), and concluding with HADZHI MURAD (1904). Tolstoy's biography will be considered as it reflects social and cultural problems he encountered in his life and addressed in his fiction. His fiction will be read as innovative experiments in narrative prose and as his contribution to a dialogue with his contemporaries: Turgenev, Herzen, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov.

MAJOR READINGS

Tolstoy, CHILDHOOD, BOYHOOD, YOUTH, FAMILY HAPPINESS, THE COSSACKS, WAR AND PEACE, ANNA KARENINA, CONFESSION, KREUTZER SONATA, THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH, HADZHI MURAD, selected stories.
Eikhenbaum, YOUNG TOLSTOY, TOLSTOY IN THE SIXTIES, TOLSTOY IN THE SEVENTIES
Turgenev, FATHERS AND SONS, "The Singers," "Bezhin Meadow"
Dostoevsky, "The Story of Akulka's Husband," "Stavrogin's Confession"
Chekhov, "Anna on the Neck," "Ward #6," UNCLE VANYA
Maude, THE LIFE OF TOLSTOY
Christian, TOLSTOY'S DIARIES AND LETTERS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Short papers and final exam.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Extensive reading, email exchange of discussion topics, active participation in class discussions.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA RUSS    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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