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RUSS206
A Matter of Life and Death: Fiction in the Soviet Era
RUSS206 SP
Photo Caption and Credits
Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:00:17 EDT 1997
)
Section Limit Enrollment Available
01 999 0 Open
The great Russian writers of the 20th century risked their
lives in insisting on moral absolutes to counter Stalin's
use of Marxism. Zamyatin's WE inspired BRAVE NEW WORLD and
1984; Bulgakov's MASTER AND MARGARITA remained hidden for 27
years; Solzhenitsyn risked submitting IVAN DENISOVICH during
Khruschev's Thaw--each decade has its characteristic
masterpiece.
MAJOR READINGS
Pushkin, "The Bronze Horseman"
Bely, PETERSBURG
Brown, RUSSIAN LITERATURE SINCE THE REVOLUTION
Zamyatin, WE
Blok, "The Twelve"
Olesha, ENVY
Nabokov, THE RETURN OF CHORB
Bulgakov, MASTER AND MARGARITA
Solzhenitsyn, A DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH and
MATRYONA'S HOME
Sinyavsky, PKHENTZ
Sokolov, SCHOOL FOR FOOLS
Iskander, BAKSHAZZAR'S FEASTS
Bitov, LIFE IN WINDY WEATHER
Aksenov, THE VICTORY
Aleshkovsky, STORY
Tolstaya, Short Stories
Petrushevskaya, THE TIME: NIGHT
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three 4-page papers, and a
final.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Literature in
Translation.
Even if you are not pre-enrolled in this class, come to the
first class and the instructor will sign your add slip.
There is no need to talk to the instructor in advance; all
students will be admitted.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA RUSS
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- White, D
- Times: M.W.... 1:10PM;
- Grading Mode: Mixed
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 1
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
About the Photo:
Andrej Belyj (1880-1934), author of PETERSBURG
Reference:
Cioran, Samuel D. RUSSIAN ALIVE! AN
INTRODUCTION TO RUSSIAN, Ann Arbor, MI: Ardis
Press, 1992
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