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126-114 Russian Literature and Society A

Credit points: 12.5 1st year

Coordinator: Associate Professor J Armstrong.

Contact: Two lectures and one tutorial a week.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

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.

Content:

Major works of Russian literature in English, in the context of Russian society 988-1855.

Assessment:

A total of 4,000 words (which may include essay, tutorial paper and exam).

Prescribed texts:

• 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

1. Russian, Faculty of Arts (v3, p159) : Next:126-115 | Prev:126-113

2. Russian, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p167) : Next:126-115 | Prev:126-113

126-114 Russian Literature and Society A

Credit points: 12.5

Coordinator: Associate Professor J Armstrong.

Contact: Two lectures and one tutorial each week

Timetable: First semester.

Objectives:

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.

Content:

Major works of Russian literature in English, in the context of Russian society 988-1855.

Assessment:

A total of 4,000 words (which may include essay, tutorial paper and exam).

Prescribed texts:

• 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

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