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Academic Year 2005/2006

The Short Course: Readings in 20th-Century Fiction
RUSS 212 SP
Crosslistings:
REES 212

Supplementary to RUSS206, this course should ideally be taken concomitantly with it, since the readings will be excerpts from RUSS206 to be done in Russian. Designed for Russian majors to do advanced work with the texts they read in RUSS206, the discussion will focus on close stylistic analysis.

MAJOR READINGS

Bely, PETERSBURG
Zamyatin, WE
Olesha, ENVY
Solzhenitsyn, A DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH
Bulgakov, MASTER AND MARGARITA
Sokolov, SCHOOL FOR FOOLS
Bitov, LIFE IN WINDY WEATHER

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Regular brief class presentations; one final paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Absolutely regular attendance is essential. Students taking this concurrently with Russ206 will meet after the first class of Russ206 to agree upon the meeting time and place for this course.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: .5    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA RUSS    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: (RUSS202 AND [RUSS206 or REES206]) Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006

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