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 126-250 20th-Century Russian Literature

Note

Available as 126-350 at 3rd-year level.

Credit Points

16.7 2nd year, 16.7 3rd year

Coordinator

Dr R. Lagerberg

Prerequisites

Intermediate Russian A.

Semester

2

Contact

Two lectures and a tutorial

Subject Description

A close study of post-1917 Russian novels with particular attention to the relationship between the society and its literature (in Russian). By the end of the subject, students should be able to demonstrate: a thorough understanding of the cultural development of Russia and the Soviet Union to the period of glasnost; 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.

Assessment

A 4000-word essay and a 2-hour exam.

Prescribed Texts
  • E. I. Zamyatin, My. Any edition.
  • B. L. Pasternak, Doktor Zhivago. Any edition.
  • M. A. Bulgakov, Master i Margarita. Any edition.
  • A. I. Solzhenitsyn, Rakovyj korpus. Any edition.
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