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Academic Year 2001/2002

Nabokov and Cultural Synthesis
RUSS 263 FA
Crosslistings:
COL 265
REES 263

http://pmeyer.web.wesleyan.edu/nabokov.html

This course will trace the development of Nabokov's art from its origins in Russian literature by close readings of the motifs that spiral outward through his (principally English-language) novels.

MAJOR READINGS

Alexander Pushkin's EUGENE ONEGIN;
Nabokov's translation and commentary to EUGENE ONEGIN, INVITATION TO A BEHEADING, DESPAIR, THE REAL LIFE OF SEBASTIAN KNIGHT, PNIN, SPEAK, MEMORY, THE GIFT, LOLITA, PALE FIRE, "The Vane Sisters", "Signs and Symbols"

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

One or two class presentations; one parody; term paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

This is sophisticated material. Students must be, or be willing to work actively to become close readers and literary detectives. See web page at http://wesleyan.edu/~pmeyer/nabokov.html

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: Seminar

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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