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Academic Year 2002/2003


Gogol and the Short Story
RUSS 253 SP

We will read Gogol's best known stories in the context of this German sources and Russian contemporaries.

MAJOR READINGS

E.T.A. Hoffman, A NEW YEAR'S EVE ADVENTURE, THE SANDMAN, THE GOLDEN FLOWERPOT
A.S. Pushkin, THE TALES OF BELKIN
N.V. Gogol, VIJ, THE PORTRAIT, NEVSKY PROSPECT, THE NOSE, A DIARY OF A MADMAN, THE OVERCOAT
N. Nekrasov, PETERSBURG CORNERS
D. Grigorovich, THE PETERSBURG ORGANGRINDER
F. Dostoevsky, MR. PROKHAREHIN

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Regular class presentations; one short paper; one term paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

This course will be taught in Russian. Russian texts are to be read in Russian; German texts will be read English translation.

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: RUSS202 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003


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