Rus 224/WL
224/EN 311
Course
Schedule
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Jan. 12 |
Introduction Survey of late Imperial Russian/Soviet
history |
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Jan. 17 |
The Late 19th Century Chekhov |
Chekhov, "Heartache," "Gooseberries,"
"Anna on the Neck," and "The Darling" in Proffer Chekhov, “Lady with a Dog” in Gibian Chekhov,
“The Bishop” in Brown Chekhov, “The Seagull” in Reeve |
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Jan. 19 |
Neo-Realism |
Gorky, “Twenty Six. .
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Depths” in Reeve. Gorky, “Chelkash” in
Proffer or in Luker. |
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Jan. 24 |
Neo-Realism |
Kuprin:
“The Garnet Bracelet” in Luker or in Proffer. Andreev:
“Seven Who Were Hanged” in Luker |
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Jan. 26 |
Neo-Realism Bunin |
Bunin:
“Gentleman from San Francisco” in Luker or Proffer;
“Light Breathing” in Brown; “Antonov Apples” and
“The Dreams of Chang” in Luker; “Tanya” in 50 Writers. |
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Jan. 31 |
The Modernist Revolt Symbolism |
Soloviev,
“A Brief Tale about the Antichrist” and
“Panmongolism” in Politics, Law,
Morality. Markov,
pp. 47-49, 139. Blok:
“The Puppet Show” in Reeve; Blok poems in Brown and
in Markov. |
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Feb. 2 |
Symbolism |
Andreev,
“He Who Gets Slapped” in Reeve. Bely poems in Markov. |
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Feb. 7 |
Bely’s 1st Essay due |
Bely, |
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Feb. 9 |
Acmeism |
Akhmatova poems in Brown and in Markov Mandelshtam poems in Brow and in Markov Gumilev poems in Markov. |
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Feb. 14 |
Futurism |
Mayakovsky,
“The Bedbug” in Reeve, poems in Markov. Khlebnikov,
“Nikolai” in Brown, poems in Markov |
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Feb. 16 |
Exam #1 |
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Feb. 21 |
Other poetry Literature after the Revolution |
Esenin poems
in Markov Tsvetaeva
poems in Markov Pasternak
poems in Markov |
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Feb. 23 |
The 1920’s |
Babel stories in Brown; “The Death of
Dolgushov” and “Salt” in Chandler; “Gedali,” “The
Rabbi,” and “The Rabbi’s Son” in 50 Writers Zamyatin, “The Cave” in Brown M. Sholokhov, “Family Man” in 50 Writers |
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Feb. 28 |
The 1920’s 2nd Essay due |
Zamyatin, We |
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March 1 |
The 1920’s |
Olesha, “Envy”
in Brown |
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March 6 |
Émigré
Literature 1930’s |
Nabokov in Brown and in 50 Writers Platonov in
Brown |
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March 8 |
Socialist
Realism 3rd Essay due |
Kataev, Time,
Forward! |
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March 20 |
Bulgakov 4th Essay due |
Bulgakov,
Master and
Margarita |
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March 22 |
WWII and after Soviet Drama |
Zoshchenko stories in Brown, in Chandler,
and in 50 Writers Shvarts,
“The Shadow” in Reeve |
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March 27 |
The Thaw Post-war Poets Pasternak |
Markov, pp. 771-89, 799-805 Brodsky, Akhmadulina, Yevtushenko, and
Voznesensky in Carlisle. Brodsky, Slutsky, Akhmadulina and
Okudzhava in Smith |
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March 29 |
Pasternak 5th essay due |
Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago |
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April 3 |
Exam #2 |
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April 5 |
The 1960s Dissidence Samizdat |
Sinyavsky, in Brown and in 50 Writers Daniel, in 50 Writers Aksyonov in 50 Writers Iskander in 50 Writers |
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April 10 |
Solzhenitsyn 6th Essay due |
Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the
Life of Ivan Denisovich |
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April 12 |
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Solzhenitsyn in Brown Shukshin;
“The Outside” and “Moving to the Country” Shukshin
in Chandler and in 50 Writers
Rasputin,
“Vasily and Vasilisa” Rasputin
in Zalygin. |
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April 17 |
The Brezhnev
era |
Shalamov in Brown; Sokolov in Brown
Vladimov in Brown Dovlatov, in 50 Writers |
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April 19 |
The Brezhnev
era Voinovich 7th Essay due |
Voinovich, The Life and
Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin |
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April 24 |
Glasnost and Perestroika |
Petrushevskaya in Goscilo and Lindsey and
in Zalygin Tolstaya in Goscilo and Lindsey and in Zalygin. Tolstaya,
in 50
Writers Erofeyev,
in 50
Writers Dovlatov,
in Chandler |
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April 26 |
Post-Soviet
Trends |
Pelevin, “A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia” Pelevin,
in 50
Writers Sorokin,
in 50
Writers Ulitskaya,
in 50
Writers Buida,
in 50
Writers Buida,
in Chandler Petrushevskaya,
in 50
Writers |
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May 3 |
COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAMINATION |
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20th-century Russian Literature Course Page
Andrew M.
Drozd
adrozd@bama.ua.edu
The University of
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