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Academic Year 2004/2005
The Central and East European Novel
RUSS 255 SP
This course presents a survey of 20th-century prose fiction of Eastern and Central Europe, with an emphasis on the Czech novel. Some of the questions we will explore are the impact of World War II and its concomitant
horrors
on Eastern and Central European literature; the relation of Eastern and Central European writers to Communism and Soviet domination; the idea of Central Europe as a shaping force in literary identity; and the relation
of
Eastern and Central European literature to the Western and Russian literary traditions, especially the avant-garde.
MAJOR READINGS
Miroslav Krleza, ON THE EDGE OF REASON; stories
Joseph Roth, THE RADETZKY MARCH
Jaroslav Hasek, GOOD SOLDIER SVEJK
Ivo Andric, THE BRIDGE ON THE DRINA
Sholem Aleichem, TEVYE THE DAIRYMAN
Bohumil Hrabal,
CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS; I SERVED THE
KING OF ENGLAND
Tadeusz Borowski, "This Way to the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen"
Stanislaw Lem, A PERFECT VACUUM
Josef Skvorecky, MISS SILVER'S PAST; THE BASS SAXOPHONE
Danilo Kis, stories
Milan Kundera, THE
BOOK OF LAUGHTER AND FORGETTING;
THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING
Vaclav Havel, LARGO DESOLATO
Dubravka Ugresic, STEFFIE SPECK IN THE JAWS OF LIFE; LIFE IS A FAIRY TALE
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three papers (5-7 pp.) Frequent short papers.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Conducted in English. Attendance and participation are required.
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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