HNRS: Russian Shorts: Stories and Essays
Fall 2019 Courses
Course:
RUSS 398 H10 22851
Course Attributes:
Humanities, EngLit, NotCore
Instructor:
Judith Kalb
Location/Times(1):
HUMCB 304 on MW @ 02:20 pm - 03:35 pm
Registered:
11
Seat Capacity:
11
Intensive study of selected topics in Russian cultural and/or literary movements. Taught in English. May be repeated for credit under a different title. CL: 2020.
Notes:
While justly famed for their lengthy novels, Russian writers are also known for the shorter genres of stories and essays. In this course we will delve into stories and essays that tell of families, history, science, horror, loss, and joy. Authors range from Russia's nineteenth century (Pushkin, Gogol, Leskov) through the modernist and Soviet periods (Checkhov, Bunin, Teffi, Nabokov, Brodsky) to contemporary authors (Petrushevskaya, Pelevin, Shishkin). ALL READINGS IN ENGLISH.