Introduction to Russian Literature (210-1-1)

Instructors

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

Meeting Info

University Hall 122: Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM

Overview of class

Before Tolstoy and Dostoevsky came three canonical nineteenth-century Russian writers: Pushkin, Gogol, and Lermontov. In this early era, Russia was heavily in dialogue with Western European culture, which introduced Russia to a new genre of writing—the novel. Steeped in poetry, the gothic, and the Romantic, these writers' groundbreaking works resounded through the generations that followed. We explore the history, culture, and society that produced these long-studied classics of Russian literature.

Class Materials (Required)

1. A.S.Pushkin,Eugine Onegin, tr. James Falen[#1 recommended]orSir Charles H. Johnston; full text on-line:http://lib.ru/LITRA/PUSHKIN/ENGLISH/onegin_j.txt
2. A.S. Pushkin, Complete Prose Fiction http://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Pushkin-Complete-Prose-Fiction/dp/0804718008/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389015318&sr=8-1&keywords=pushkin+complete+prose+fiction
3. N.V.Gogol, The Complete Tales of Nikolai Gogol, ed. Leonard J.Kent
4. N.V. Gogol, Dead Souls, tr. Bernard G. Guerney, ed. Susanne Fusso, recommended:http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Souls-Nikolai-Gogol/dp/0300060998/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1389014848&sr=8-4&keywords=dead+souls
5. M.Y.Lermontov, A Hero of Our Time, tr. Vladimir Nabokov in Collaboration with Dmitri Nabokov, recommended:
http://www.amazon.com/classics-Paperback-Mikhail-Lermontov-Vladimir/dp/B00EBYF0QK/ref=sr_1_sc_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1389015129&sr=8-3-spell&keywords=hero+of+our+time+nabokjov

Class Attributes

Literature and Arts Foundational Discipline
Literature & Fine Arts Distro Area