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Academic Year 2004/2005
Murder and Adultery: The French and Russian Novel
RUSS 254 FA
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
A. Pushkin, EUGENE ONEGIN Chateaubriand, RENE B. Constant, ADOLPHE M. Lermontov, A HERO OF OUR TIME H. Balzac, PERE GORIOT F. Dostoevsky, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT G. Flaubert, MME BOVARY L. Tolstoy, ANNA
KARENINA
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three short papers, drafts and final revisions to be handed in; one term paper.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Student class presentations, participation in class discussions.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
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-21-2005
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