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RUSS263

Nabokov and Cultural Synthesis RUSS263 FA

Crosslistings: COL 265

Next Offered in 9899 FA

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
"The Vane Sisters"
"Signs and Symbols"

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. See web page at http://wesleyan.edu/~pmeyer/nabokov.html

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998

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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