Alexander Pushkin
Russian 221--Fall 2018
Instructor: Dr. Stephen
Blackwell sblackwe@utk.edu
; office: 714 McClung Tower
Office Hours:
Tues: 2:10-3:00, Thurs 11-12, and by appt.; usually availabe at
Russian Table, Fridays @ Panera, 4:30-6pm
Course web site: web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/russ221.htm
Communication: I will contact you via email with updates and announcements. Please check it daily. Likewise, please contact me by email at any time; I will always attempt to reply within 24 hours. If you do not hear back from me within that time, please write again--messages do go astray, and sometimes my to-do list gets tangled.
REBELS, DREAMERS, AND FOOLS: THE OUTCAST IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE, 1820-1912.
Course Objectives: To achieve a good working knowledge of key works and concepts of 19th Century Russian Literature and Culture; to practice and improve criticial thinking skills; to practice and improve writing skills.
Reading questions, study guides, and other useful links
Tests: There will be two in-class
essay tests, each requiring about 800 words of writing.Quantity
of thought and quality of words both count. But please do not
count.
There will be occasional unannounced quizzes.
There will be no final exam.
Although I will pretty much
exclusively use the pronouns "I" and "you" and your actual
names, if you would like me to be aware of any alternative
pronouns I might use were I ever to refer to you in the third
person, please do let me know by email.
Students who have a
disability that requires accommodation(s) should make an
appointment with the Office of Disability Services (974-6087) to
discuss their specific needs as well as schedule an appointment
with me.
Academic honesty: plagiarism (using another?s thoughts or words without acknowledgement) is against university codes of academic honesty (see Hilltopics, pp. 16-7). I'm good at spotting plagiarized work. Don't do it. If you have questions about what is or isn't plagiarism, please see me.
Please report errors
in this page to me as you find them!