Rus 270-002/WL 390-003: Russian
Drama
Course Syllabus
Spring
2002
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Instructor:
Andrew M. Drozd |
Office:
210 B. B. Comer |
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Location:
B. B. Comer 257 |
Office
Hours: 11-12 T, 9-10 W |
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Time:
11-11:50 MWF |
Phone: 348-5720 |
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E-mail: adrozd@bama.ua.edu |
TEXTS:
To
Purchase: F. D.
Reeve, Nineteenth Century Russian Plays; F. D. Reeve, Twentieth
Century Russian Plays; Anton Chekhov, Five Plays; V.
Mayakovsky: Plays; A. Ostrovsky, Without a Dowry and Other Plays;
J. Weir and T. Langen, Eight Twentieth-Century Russian Plays.
On
Gorgas Reserve: The theater of Nikolay Gogol; The Early Plays of Mikhail Bulgakov; Michael Green, The Russian
Symbolist Theatre; The Trilogy of Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin; Leonid
Andreyev, Three plays; F. D. Reeve, An
Anthology of Russian Plays; Harold B. Segel, The literature of
eighteenth-century Russia; F. D. Reeve, Contemporary Russian Drama;
A. Solzhenitsyn, The Love-Girl and the Innocent; A. Vampilov, Farewell in June: four Russian plays; M.
Gordeyeva and Mike Davidow, Five of the
Best Soviet Plays of the 1970’s.
DESCRIPTION:
This
course will cover the classics of Russian drama since its beginnings in the 18th
century. No knowledge of Russian is required for this course.
GOALS:
1.
Become
familiar with Russian drama's transition from weak beginnings in the 18th
century to genre capable of attracting the attention of many of
2.
Become
familiar with the major works and themes of Russian drama.
REQUIREMENTS:
Two
exams and a comprehensive final exam. 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.
The
exams will be essay-type exams designed to have the students synthesize the
material they have read.
Testing Schedule (Subject to change):
Exam 1: Monday, Feb. 18
Exam 2: Monday, April 15
Comprehensive Final Exam: Wednesday, May 8,
GRADING:
Grades will
be based on your performance on the two exams, each worth 25% of your final
grade, and the final exam worth 50%. All course grades are now given on a +/-
basis. For an explanation of the policy, see p. 22 of the Undergraduate
Catalog.
Course
Schedule
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Jan. 9 |
Introduction 18th century drama |
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Jan. 11 |
18th century drama |
Kniazhnin, "Misfortune from a Coach"; Sumarokov,
"Dmitrii the Impostor" in Segel. |
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Jan. 14 |
18th century drama |
Fonvizin, "The Minor" in Reeve. |
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Jan. 16 |
Fonvizin |
Fonvizin, "The Brigadier", in Segel. |
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Jan. 18 |
Griboedov |
Griboedov, "The Trouble with Reason" in Reeve. |
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Jan. 23 |
Pushkin |
Pushkin, "Boris Godunov" in Reeve. |
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Jan. 25 |
Lermontov |
"Masquerade". |
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Jan. 28 |
Gogol |
"The Inspector General", in Reeve. |
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Jan. 30 |
Ostrovsky |
"The Storm" in Reeve. |
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Feb. 1 |
Ostrovsky |
"A Profitable
Position""An Ardent Heart". |
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Feb. 4 |
Ostrovsky |
"Without a Dowry" |
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Feb. 6 |
Ostrovsky |
"Talents and Admirers" |
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Feb. 8 |
Sukhovo-Kobylin |
"Krechinsky's Wedding", "The Case," |
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Feb. 11 |
Sukhovo-Kobylin |
"The Death of Tarelkin". |
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Feb. 13 |
A. K. Tolstoy |
Tolstoy, "The Death of Ivan the Terrible" in Noyes. |
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Feb. 15 |
Turgenev |
Turgenev, "A Month in the Country" in Noyes. |
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Feb. 18 |
Exam #1 |
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Feb. 20 |
Pisemsky |
Pisemsky, "A Bitter Fate" in Noyes. |
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Feb. 22 |
L. Tolstoy |
"The Power of Darkness" in Reeve. |
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Feb. 25 |
Chekhov |
"The Seagull" |
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Feb. 27 |
Chekhov |
"Uncle Vanya", "Three Sisters" |
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March 1 |
Chekhov |
Chekhov, "The Cherry Orchard". |
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March 4 |
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March 6 |
Andreev |
Andreev, "He Who Gets Slapped" in Reeve. |
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March 8 |
Andreev |
"The Life of Man" "The Black Maskers". |
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March 11 |
Andreev |
"The Sabine Women". |
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March 13 |
Blok |
Blok, "The Puppet Show" in Reeve (also in Green).
"The Unknown Woman" in Langen and Weir. |
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March 15 |
Sologub |
Sologub, "The Triumph of Death" in Green |
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March 18 |
Gippius |
"Sacred Blood" in Langen and Weir. |
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March 20 |
Mayakovsky |
"Vladimir Mayakovsky. A Tragedy",
"Mystery-Bouffe" |
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March 22 |
Mayakovsky |
"The Bedbug" |
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April 1 |
Mayakovsky |
"The Bathhouse" |
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April 3 |
Bulgakov |
"The Days of the Turbins", "Zoya's
Apartment" |