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RUSS254

The French and Russian Novel RUSS254 FA

Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:01:13 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       999      0         Open

Next Offered in 9798 FA

Readings of three sets of French and Russian novels of the 19th century will be directed at identifying distinctly national versions of Romantic themes and their stylistic treatments. Our findings will suggest some possible functions of prose fiction in two very different societies and heighten our awareness of our own literary tradition. Readings will be from Pushkin and Benjamin Constant; Lermontov and Chateaubriand; Dostoevsky and Balzac; Tolstoy and Flaubert.

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: Discussion Lecture Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA RUSS

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

About the Photo:

Alexander Pushkin and Benjamin Constant

Reference:

Crankshaw, Edward. TOLSTOY: THE MAKING OF A NOVELIST. New York, New York: Viking Press, 1974 and Han Verhoeff. "ADOLFE" ET CONSTANT: UNE ETUDE PSYCHOCRITIQUE, Paris: Editions Klincksick, 1976

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