Spring 2008
Survey of Russian Literature From Dostoevsky to Nabokov
Listed in: Russian, as RUSS-22
Faculty
Stanley J. Rabinowitz (Section 01)
Description
An examination of major Russian writers and literary trends from about 1860 to the Bolshevik Revolution as well as a sampling of Russian emigre literature through a reading of representative novels, stories, and plays in translation. Readings include important works by Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Gorky, Sologub, Bely, and Nabokov. The evaluation of recurring themes such as the breakdown of the family, the "woman question," madness, attitudes toward the city, childhood and perception of youth. Second semester. Professor Rabinowitz.
