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Academic Year 2004/2005


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.

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-21-2005


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