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Academic Year 2001/2002

The French and Russian Novel
RUSS 254 FA

Readings of four sets of French and Russian novels of the 19th century will be directed at identifying distinctly national versions of Romantic themes and their stylistic treatments. The findings will suggest some possible functions of prose fiction in two very different societies and heighten student awareness of our own literary tradition. Readings will be from Pushkin and Benjamin Constant, Lermontov and Chateaubriand, Dostoevsky and Balzac, Tolstoy and Flaubert.

MAJOR READINGS

A. Pushkin, EUGENE ONEGIN Chateaubriand, RENE B. Constant, ADOLPHE M. Lermontov, A HERO OF OUR TIME H. Balzac, PERE GORIOT F. Dostoevsky, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT G. Flaubert, MME BOVARY L. Tolstoy, ANNA KARENINA

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three short papers, drafts and final revisions to be handed in; one term paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Student class presentations, participation in class discussions.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

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-19-2002

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