RUSS6662A-L15

Individual & State in Russ Lit

Face to Face with the Leviathan: Individual and State in Russian Literature

Harrowing or even tragic relationships between the individual and the state exemplify one of the main topics of Russian culture. The course will focus on examining prose and poetry texts of the 19th and 20th centuries. The reading list will include writers from Imperial Russia through the post-Soviet era: Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy, Zamyatin, Akhmatova, Solzhenitsyn, Pelevin, and Tolstaya.

Required Texts:
Александр Пушкин. Медный всадник. Капитанская дочка.
Николай Гоголь. Петербургские повести.
Лев Толстой. Хаджи Мурат. Суеверие государства (фрагменты трактата).
Евгений Замятин. Мы.
Анна Ахматова. Избранные стихотворения.
Александр Солженицын. Один день Ивана Денисовича.
Виктор Пелевин. Девятый сон Веры Павловны. Джон Фаулз и трагедия русского либерализма.
Татьяна Толстая. На малом огне.

Term:: Summer 2015 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session
Location:: Warner Hall 506(WNS 506)
Schedule:: 9:00am-9:50am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Jul 2, 2015 to Aug 14, 2015)
Type:: Lecture
Instructors:: Oleg Proskurin
Subject:: Russian
Department:: Russian
Division:: Language School
Requirements Fulfilled:: Literature
Levels:: Non-degree, Graduate
Availability:: View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.

Course Reference Number (CRN):: 60557
Subject Code:: RUSS
Course Number:: 6662
Section Identifier:: A

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RUSS 6662

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RUSS6662A-L15 Lecture (Proskurin)