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RUSS263
Nabokov and Cultural Synthesis
RUSS263 FA
Crosslistings: COL 265
Photo Caption and Credits
Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Sat Mar 8 05:00:40 EST 1997
)
Section Limit Enrollment Available
01 40 29 11
This course will trace the development of Nabokov's art from
its origins in Russian literature by close readings of the
motifs which spiral outward through his (principally
English-language) novels.
MAJOR READINGS
Alexander Pushkin's EUGENE ONEGIN; Nabokov's
translation and commentary to EUGENE ONEGIN
INVITATION TO A BEHEADING
DESPAIR
THE REAL LIFE OF SEBASTIAN KNIGHT
PNIN
SPEAK, MEMORY
THE GIFT
LOLITA
PALE FIRE
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
One or two class
presentations; term paper.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This is
sophisticated material. Students must be, or be willing to
work actively to become, close readers and literary
detectives.
COURSE FORMAT: Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA RUSS
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Meyer, P
- Times: .T.T... 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:
Vladimir Nabakov "in October 1968, just as he was finishing
Ada"
Reference:
Boyd, Brian. VLADIMIR NABOKOV: THE AMERICAN
YEARS. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press,
1991.
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