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Russian

Summer Term 2010

RUSS 270: Russian Literature of the 19th Century

(This course studies works translated into English.)

In the course of the nineteenth century, Russian literature underwent a brilliant development, out of which emerged some of the greatest writers in history. Each of these writers pushed the limits of literature, solving problems of representation in original and creative ways. Because of their tendency to respond to and build upon what their predecessors had accomplished, these writers created a dynamic “literary evolution.”

Our study will explore not only the dynamic evolution of literary life in Russia, but also the importance of the writer in the political development of a nation. Nineteenth-century Russian writers were intensely engaged with contemporaneous social, political, and cultural phenomena in Russia. For this reason, reading the works of Pushkin, Tolstoy, or Dostoevsky gives us an excellent glimpse at Russian history of the period, as well as revealing the philosophical and moral issues that concerned writers of Russian (and often the West) at the time.

Required Textbooks

  • Pushkin, Tales of Belkin and Other Prose Writings, Penguin; ISBN #0-14-044675-3
  • Lermontov, (Foote, trans.), A Hero of Our Time, Penguin; ISBN #0-140-44795-4
  • Gogol (Magarshack, trans.), The Overcoat and Other Tales of Good and Evil, W. W. Norton; ISBN # 0-039-00304-3
  • Pavlova (Heldt, trans.), A Double Life, Barbary Coast Books; ISBN #0-936041-09-9
  • Dostoevsky (Coulson, trans), Crime and Punishment, W. W. Norton; ISBN #0-393-95623-7
  • Tolstoy (Pevear and Volokhonsky, trans.), Anna Karenina, Penguin; ISBN #0-14-200027-2
  • Chekhov (Matlaw, ed.), Anton Chekhov's Short Stories, W. W. Norton; ISBN #0-393-09002-7
  • Checkhov, The Cherry Orchard, Dover Thrift Editions; ISBN #0-486-26682-6 (This book is not required for the summer session.)
  • Turgenev (Katz, trans), Fathers and Sons, W. W. Norton; ISBN #0-393-96752-2 (This book is not required for the summer session.)

Optional

  • Terras, A History of Russian Literature, Yale University Press; ISBN 0300059345

You may purchase the textbooks at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. Please see Textbooks for textbook purchase dates. If you purchase from another source, make sure to get the same edition (use the ISBN).

Additional Requirement

Students will be required to watch a film adaptation of a piece of Russian literature of their choice. Such films should be available for rent at local video rental stores. Students also need access to a VCR or DVD player for viewing the film.

Course Details

  • Instructor: Kimberly A. Jastremski, PhD
  • Department: Slavic Languages and Literatures
  • Credit hours: 3
  • UNC-Chapel Hill perspectives/requirements fulfilled: The Office of Undergraduate Curricula has links to information about which perspectives this course fulfills under the “Pre-2006 Curriculum” and which requirements it fulfills under the new curriculum (see “2006 Curriculum”).
  • View a sample course syllabus.

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