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Academic Year 2000/2001
The Central and East European Novel
RUSS 255 SP
This course presents a survey of 20th-century prose fiction of Eastern and Central Europe, with an emphasis on the Czech novel. Some of the questions we will explore are the impact of World War II and its concomitant
horrors on Eastern and Central
European literature; the relation of Eastern and Central European writers to Communism and Soviet domination; the idea of Central Europe as a shaping force in literary identity; and the relation of Eastern and Central
European literature to the Western a
nd Russian literary traditions, especially the avant-garde.
MAJOR READINGS
Miroslav Krleza, ON THE EDGE OF REASON; stories
Joseph Roth, THE RADETZKY MARCH
Jaroslav Hasek, GOOD SOLDIER SVEJK
Ivo Andric, THE BRIDGE ON THE DRINA
Sholem Aleichem, TEVYE THE DAIRYMAN
Bohumil Hrabal,
CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS; I SERVED THE
KING OF ENGLAND
Tadeusz Borowski, "This Way to the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen"
Stanislaw Lem, A PERFECT VACUUM
Josef Skvorecky, MISS SILVER'S PAST; THE BASS SAXOPHONE
Danilo Kis, stories
Milan Kundera, THE
BOOK OF LAUGHTER AND FORGETTING;
THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING
Vaclav Havel, LARGO DESOLATO
Dubravka Ugresic, STEFFIE SPECK IN THE JAWS OF LIFE; LIFE IS A FAIRY TALE
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three papers (5-7 pp.) Frequent short papers.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Conducted in English.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA RUSS
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Fusso,Susanne Grace
- Times: ..T.T.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: FISK116
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 30)
- SR. major: Jr. major:
- SR. non-major: 8 Jr. non-major: 8 SO: 7 FR: 7
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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