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RUSS252
Tolstoy
RUSS252 FA
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times |
|---|
| 1 | 30 | 0 | Times: M.W.... 2:40PM-4:00PM; |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:01:03 EST 1998
)
Photo Caption and Credits
The first half of the course will interpret WAR AND PEACE as
a synthesis of narrative models developed by Tolstoy in his
earlier writings (from CHILDHOOD to THE COSSACKS) and as an
oblique dialogue with other political, philosophical, and
literary voices (including Turgenev's and Dostoevsky's) of
the 1860s. The second half of the course (with readings
that begin with ANNA KARENINA and end with HADZHI MURAD)
studies divergences and parallels in the paths taken by
Tolstoy-the-Tolstoyan and Tolstoy-the-writer in the period
1870-1910.
MAJOR READINGS
Tolstoy: "The Raid," CHILDHOOD, "Wood
Cutting," "Sebastopol Stories," FAMILY HAPPINESS, THE
COSSACKS, "Xolstomer," "Polikushka," "Selected Folk Tales,"
WAR AND PEACE, ANNA KARENINA, CONFESSION, KREUTZER SONATA,
THE DEVIL, HADZHI MURAD.
Maude, THE LIFE OF TOLSTOY
Christian, TOLSTOY'S DIARIES, THE LETTERS OF TOLSTOY
Eikhenbaum, YOUNG TOLSTOY, TOLSTOY IN THE SIXTIES, "ON
TOLSTOY'S CRISES."
Morson, HIDDEN IN PLAIN VIEW
Berlin, THE HEDGEHOG AND THE FOX
Turgenev, FATHERS AND SONS
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
In class midterm, in
class final, two short papers or two in class presentations,
one final paper (approximately 10 pages).
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Literature in
translation.
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.... 2:40PM- 4:00PM;
- 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-03-1998
About the Photo:
"Leo Tolstoy at the time of his marriage in 1862"
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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