Middlebury

RUSS 6732

Dostoevsky's Demons

Demons is one of Dostoevsky's four “great novels,” but is less well-known to the Western reader. In the Russian context, none of Dostoevsky's novels evoked such resonance – so many disputes, discussions, dissimilar (often mutually exclusive) judgments and assessments – and subsequently the novel was regarded as a “prophecy of Russian revolution.” The focus of our course will be the ideological content of the novel, its connection with the historical events of the era and with Dostoevsky's internal value system, the genesis of heroes and their ideas, and the system of artistic features of the novel built on an exciting, masterfully unfolded intrigue.
Subject:
Russian
Department:
Russian
Division:
Language School
Requirements Fulfilled:
Literature
Equivalent Courses:

Sections in Summer 2018 Language Schools, Mills 7 Week Session

Summer 2018 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session

RUSS6732A-L18 Lecture (Proskurin)