EN 311: Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature in Translation

 

Course Syllabus            Fall 2006

 

Time: TR 9:30-10:45

Phone: 348-5720

Instructor: Andrew M. Drozd

Office: 210 B. B. Comer

Location: B. B. Comer 243

Office Hours: 1-2 M, 11-12 Th

E-mail: adrozd@bama.ua.edu

WWW: http://bama.ua.edu/~adrozd

 

TEXTS:

To Purchase: A. Pushkin, Eugene Onegin; M. Lermontov, A Hero of Our Time; N. Gogol, Dead Souls;  I. Turgenev, Fathers and Sons; F. Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment; L. Tolstoy, Anna Karenina; Carl Proffer, From Karamzin to Bunin; F. D. Reeve, 19th Century Russian Plays.

 

DESCRIPTION: 

Introduction to Russian literature of the nineteenth century including the Golden Age. Authors read include Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov and others. All materials are read in English. No knowledge of Russian is required for this course. Three (3) credit hours.

 

Prerequisite: None.

 

GOALS:  Become familiar with the classic works of nineteenth-century Russian literature and trends such as Romanticism and Realism which dominated the literary scene.

 

REQUIREMENTS:

Two exams, a comprehensive final exam, and a ten-page paper. Attendance is mandatory: five or more absences will result in the lowering of your final grade by one full letter. There will be no make-up exams. If you have a conflict with a test date, I will allow you to take the exam early, provided that you inform me beforehand.

The written exams will be essay type exams designed to have the students synthesize the material they have read. The term paper is to be analytical in nature and is to make use of several items of literary criticism.

Testing Schedule (Subject to change):

Exam One: Thursday, Sept. 28

Exam Two: Thursday, Nov. 2

Comprehensive Final Exam: Friday, Dec. 15, 8:00AM-1030AM.

 

GRADING:

Grades will be based on your performance on the two exams, each worth 20% of your final grade,  the term paper, worth 20%, and the final exam which is worth 40%. All course grades are given on a +/- basis. For an explanation of the policy, see p. 20 of the Undergraduate Catalog.

 

Academic misconduct policy: "All acts of dishonesty in any work constitute academic misconduct. The Academic Misconduct Disciplinary Policy will be followed in the event of academic misconduct."

 

DISABILITY ACCESS: To request disability accommodations, please contact Disabilities Services (348-4285). After initial arrangements are made with Disabilities Services, contact Professor Drozd.


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