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Academic Year 2002/2003


Murder and Adultery: The French and Russian Novel
RUSS 254 SP

Crosslistings:
COL 261
FIST 275
REES 254

What did the Russians learn from reading French novels? How did they respond to them in writing their own? We will examine how themes taken from one national literature are self-consciously transformed by another, while learning to read from the author's point of view.

MAJOR READINGS

Readings (all in English) will include:
Balzac, PERE GORIOT
Dostoevsky, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
Rousseau, THE NEW HELOISE
Benjamin Constant, ADOLPHE
Alexander Dumas, L'HOMME-FEMME
Gustave Flaubert, MADAME BOVARY
Lev Tolstoy, ANNA KARENINA and THE KREUTZER SONATA.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three short papers; 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-18-2003


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