RUSSIAN LITERATURE AND SOCIETY A 12.5 1st year Associate Professor J Armstrong. First semester Two lectures and one tutorial a week. By the end of the subject, students should be able to demonstrate:
  • a thorough understanding of the cultural development of Russia during the period covered;
  • the ability to form critical opinions regarding the significance and value of Russian texts in a national and global context, to discuss these in a scholarly way and to communicate their knowledge to the surrounding community.
Major works of Russian literature in English, in the context of Russian society 988-1855. A total of 4,000 words (which may include essay, tutorial paper and exam). Gogol Dead Souls Penguin Gogol The Overcoat in Diary of a Madman and Other Stories Penguin Goncharov Oblomov any edition. Lermontov A Hero of our Time Penguin Pushkin The Queen of Spades and other stories. Turgenev Fathers and Sons Penguin Turgenev On the Eve Penguin RUSSIAN LITERATURE AND SOCIETY A 12.5 Associate Professor J Armstrong. First semester. Two lectures and one tutorial each week By the end of the subject, students should be able to demonstrate:
  • a thorough understanding of the cultural development of Russia during the period covered;
  • the ability to form critical opinions regarding the significance and value of Russian texts in a national and global context, to discuss these in a scholarly way and to communicate their knowledge to the surrounding community.
Major works of Russian literature in English, in the context of Russian society 988-1855. A total of 4,000 words (which may include essay, tutorial paper and exam). Gogol Dead Souls Penguin Gogol The Overcoat in Diary of a Madman and Other Stories Penguin Goncharov Oblomov any edition. Lermontov A Hero of our Time Penguin Pushkin The Queen of Spades and other stories Turgenev Fathers and Sons Penguin Turgenev On the Eve Penguin