RUSSIAN DRAMA AND POETRY16.7 3rd and 4th year
Associate Professor J. Armstrong.
Advanced Russian B.
Second semester
Three hours per week.
Students should at the end of the subject be able to:
Understand the development of the two genres in Russian literature;
Demonstrate a close understanding of one or two selected playwrights and poets.
Major themes, playwrights and poets of the 19th and 20th centuries. Special attention will be given to one major work by each of Gogol, Chekhov, Mayakovsky and Petrushevskaya.
By essay and class paper totalling up to 5,000 words (3rd year), 6,000 words (4th year).
Reading list to be supplied
RUSSIAN DRAMA AND POETRY16.7
Associate Professor J Armstrong.
Advanced Russian B.
Second semester.
Three hours each week
Students should at the end of the subject be able to:
understand the development of the two genres in Russian literature;
demonstrate a close understanding of one or two selected playwrights and poets.
Major themes, playwrights and poets of the 19th and 20th centuries. Special attention will be given to one major work by each of Gogol, Chekhov, Mayakovsky and Petrushevskaya.
Essay and class paper totalling up to 5,000 words.
Reading list to be supplied