Poetry Seminar (437-1-1)

Topic

Pasternak

Instructors

Ilya Kutik
847/491-8248
1880 Campus Dr. (Kresge) Office 3363
Office Hours: Mondays 12-1pm; Wed 4-5pm

Meeting Info

Kresge 3364 Slavic Seminar Rm: Thurs 4:00PM - 6:50PM

Overview of class

This course is dedicated to the great Russian poet, a Nobel-Prize winner, Boris Pasternak (1890-1960). We will be reading all poems from his celebrated book My Sister - Life, as well as his later poems, including the cycle from his novel Doctor Zhivago. Moreover, we'll read some of Pasternak's poetic translations, in order to observe his great contribution to world poetry in Russian. The goal of this course is to understand the place of Pasternak's poetry in the 20th century and its influence on the generations to come.