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Academic Year 2002/2003
Murder and Adultery: The French and Russian Novel
RUSS 254 SP
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
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Last Updated on MAR-18-2003
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