RU 152 Russian Modernism

RU 152 Russian Modernism
Schedule

The following class schedule information is provided as a general guide and is subject to change over the course of the semester. If the schedule needs to be adjusted, changes will be noted in class.

Weekly Schedule

Day Time Location
Monday 11:25-12:15 FIC Freeman 1
Wednesday 11:25-12:15 FIC Freeman 1
Friday 11:25-12:15 FIC Freeman 1

 

Tentative Course Calendar (Click one of the following links to jump ahead to a specified week.)

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3		 Week 4
Week 5
Week 6		 Week 7
Week 8
Week 9		 Week 10
Week 11
Week 12

Week 1

8 Feb. Introduction

10 Feb. CHEKHOV, ANTON (1860-1904)
The Chameleon (1884)
The Culprit (1885)
Vanka (1886)
Heartache (1886)
The Kiss (1887)

12 Feb. An Attack of Nerves (1888)
Anna on the Neck (1895)
The Darling (1899)

Week 2

15 Feb. The Lady with the Pet Dog (1899)
The Man in a Shell (1898)
Gooseberries (1898)
About Love (1898)

17 Feb. SOLOGUB, FEDOR (1863-1927)
X My Ship began to Sink (1902, xerox)
THE PETTY DEMON (1902) Ch. I-X

19 Feb. SOLOGUB, FEDOR (1863-1927)
X My Ship began to Sink (1902, xerox)
THE PETTY DEMON (1902) Ch. I-X
(and see the introduction!)

Week 3

22 Feb. Ch. XI-XX

24 Feb. Ch. XXI-XXXII

--Winter Carnival--

Week 4

1 Mar. BELY, ANDREI (1880-1934)
PETERSBURG (1913-22) Chapters 1-2
(be sure to read the very useful notes!)

3 Mar. Chapters 3-4

5 Mar. Chapters 5-6

Week 5

8 Mar. Chapters 7-end

10 Mar. BABEL, ISAAC (1894-1938?)
The Story of my Dovecote
Crossing the Zbrucz
A Letter
My First Goose
The Death of Dolgushov

12 Mar. BABEL The Catholic Church in Novograd
Pan Apolek
Gedali
The Rebbe
The Cemetery in Kozin
The Rebbe's Son

Week 6

15 Mar. ZAMYATIN, EVGENII (1884-1937)
WE (1924) Ch. 1-13

17 Mar. Ch. 14-27

19 Mar. Ch. 28-40

--Spring Break--

Week 7

29 Mar PILNYAK, BORIS (1894-1937?)
x The Death of the Army Commander (1926)
MIDTERM PAPER DUE!!: Presentation and discussion of your Midterm papers

31 Mar. OLESHA, YURY (1899-1960)
ENVY (1927) Part I

2 April ENVY, Part II
KATAEV, VALENTIN (1897-)
x from TIME, FORWARD! (1932)
ILF-PETROV
x How the Soviet Robinson was Written (1933)

Week 8

5 April BULGAKOV, MIKHAIL (1891-1940)
THE MASTER AND MARGARITA Ch. 1-6
**FOLLOW ALONG ON THE MASTER & MARGARITA PAGES!**

7 April Ch. 7-13

9 April Ch. 14-19

Week 9

12 April Ch. 20-26

14 April Ch. 26-Epilog

16 April LITERATURE OF THE GULAG
SOLZHENITSYN, ALEKSANDR (1918-)
GULAG ARCHIPELAGO 11, ch. 1, The Fingers of Aurora (1974, x)
TSCHERNAVIN, VLADIMIR from I SPEAK FOR THE SILENT (1935, x)

Week 10

19 April SHALAMOV, VARLAM (1907-82), KOLYMA TALES
In the Night, Dry Rations
Quiet, Major Pugachev's Last Battle
On Tick, A Child's Drawings
Lend-Lease, The Train

21 April AKHMATOVA, ANNA (1888-1966), Requiem (1935-40, x)
SOLZHENITSYN, Matryona's Home (1963, xerox)
EVTUSHENKO, In Memory of Akhmatova - a poem (1966, xerox)

23 April NABOKOV, VLADIMIR (1899-1977)
SPEAK, MEMORY (1966) Ch. 1-4

Week 11

26 April Ch. 5-10

28 April Ch. 11-15

30 April EROFEEV, VENIAMIN (1938-1991)
MOSCOW TO THE END OF THE LINE (1969)
Erofeev Pages by Julia Topalian, Midd '00

Week 12

3 May KHARITONOV, EVGENII (1941-81) selected stories
On Evgenii Kharitonov

5 May TOLSTAYA, TATIANA stories from ON THE GOLDEN PORCH:
Okkervil River
Hunting the Wooly Mammoth
Sonya
The Fakir
Peters

7 May CONCLUSIONS- FINAL PAPER DUE