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RUSS255
The Eastern and Central European Novel
RUSS255 SP
Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Sat Mar 8 05:00:06 EST 1997
)
Section Limit Enrollment Available
01 58 40 18
A survey of 20th-century prose fiction of Eastern and
Central Europe, with an emphasis on Czechoslovakia. 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
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"
Isaac Bashevis Singer, ENEMIES: A LOVE STORY
Stanislaw Lem, A PERFECT VACUUM; SOLARIS
Josef Skvorecky, MISS SILVER'S PAST; THE BASS SAXOPHONE
Danilo Kis, stories
Christa Wolf, CASSANDRA
Milan Kundera, THE BOOK OF LAUGHTER AND FORGETTING; THE
UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING
Vaclav Havel, LARGO DESOLATO; OTHER PLAYS
Peter Esterhazy, THE BOOK OF HRABAL
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.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting
or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the
first class, they will be dropped from the class list.
NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form
to the Registrar's Office.
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
- Fusso, S
- Times: .T.T... 2:40PM;
- 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
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