RUSS212 - The Short Course: Readings in 20th-Century Fiction

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Academic Year 2001/2002

The Short Course: Readings in 20th-Century Fiction
RUSS 212 SP

Crosslistings:
REES 212

Linked Course: RUSS206

Supplementary to RUSS206, this course should ideally be taken concomitantly with it, since the readings will be excerpts from RUSS206 to be done in Russian. Designed for Russian majors to do advanced work with the texts they read in RUSS206, the discussion will focus on close stylistic analysis.

MAJOR READINGS

Bely, PETERSBURG
Zamyatin, WE
Olesha, ENVY
Solzhenitsyn, A DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH
Bulgakov, MASTER AND MARGARITA
Sokolov, SCHOOL FOR FOOLS
Bitov, LIFE IN WINDY WEATHER

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Regular brief class presentations; one final paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Absolutely regular attendance is essential. Students taking this concurrently with Russ206 will meet after the first class of Russ206 to agree upon the meeting time and place for this course.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: .5 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA RUSS Grading Mode: Student Option

Prerequisites: (RUSS112 AND RUSS206)

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Meyer,Priscilla

Times: TBA; Location: TBA

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 10)

SR. major: Jr. major:

SR. non-major: Jr. non-major: SO: FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Linked Course

Permission: Permission of Instructor Required

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002