Russian
221
Fall
2018
Reading Schedule
**Always bring the text(s) listed for that day
to class**
Come to class ready to discuss the stories or
novel listed for that day. Please report errors to me as you find
them.
Aug. 23: Introduction:
St.
Petersburg, Romanticism. Pushkin, "The Snow Storm".
Aug 28:
"The
Shot" (via email or Canvas); Radishchev--Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow;
Translator's Introduction of Eugene Onegin;
Wikipedia on "Decembrist Rebellion".
Aug 30: Pushkin, Eugene Onegin,
Chapters 1-2
Sept 4: Onegin, chs
3-6.
Sept
6: Onegin chs.
7-8 (no further); final
discussion
(bring text); Themes: Clashing values; poet and society;
what is a person? Power of the Poet, the potential of human
existence.
Sept
11 Pushkin,
“Queen of Spades” (online);
"Introduction" to the Belkin Tales, Lermontov, Hero of
Our Time, 1st half (through “
Sept
13 Finish Hero. Themes: chronology, structure; Realism
and the turn to prose; alienation and tyranny.
The natural and the
supernatural.
Sept
18 Gogol, "The Overcoat"
Sept
20 Gogol,
reread "The Overcoat"
and answer questions posted to Canvas
Sept
25 Gogol, "Diary of a Madman," "Nevsky Avenue/Prospekt" (confirmed 9/18)
Sept 27 "The Nose". Themes: Language, rank, and logic. Choose paper topics. Tips on writing an analytical essay.
Oct
2 First in-class essay test
Oct
4 Fall
Break
Oct 9 Dostoevsky, The Double
(first 2/3)
Oct 11
Oct 16
Oct
18 Dostoevsky,
“A
Gentle Creature”
Oct
23 Paper 1, final draft due by email right before class; a short
reading (TBA) will also be assigned and absence this day
double-counted.
Oct. 30: Gambler final 2/3
Nov. 1 Tolstoy,
The Cossacks (1st 1/3)
Nov
6 Tolstoy,
The
Cossacks,
(last 2/3).
Nov 22
Thanksgiving
Nov 29
Chekhov,
“The
Black Monk”
Dec
4 Paper 2 draft due in class for peer-editing
Paper final copies due Fri, Dec. 7, 12:30p.m.
(exam time) via email.