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The Central and East European Novel
RUSS255 SP
Crosslistings: REES255
This course presents a survey of 20th-century prose fiction of Eastern and Central Europe, with an emphasis on the Czech novel. 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 a
nd Russian literary traditions, especially the avant-garde.
MAJOR READINGS
Miroslav Krleza, ON THE EDGE OF REASON; stories Joseph Roth, THE RADETZKY MARCH Jaroslav Hasek, GOOD SOLDIER SVEJK Ivo Andric, THE BRIDGE ON THE DRINA 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" Stanislaw Lem, A PERFECT VACUUM Josef Skvorecky, MISS SILVER'S PAST; THE BASS SAXOPHONE Danilo Kis, stories Milan Kundera, THE BOOK OF
LAUGHTER AND FORGETTING; THE
UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING Vaclav Havel, LARGO DESOLATO 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.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA RUSS
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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