RUSS 373 - Twentieth-Century Russian Literature

Survey of the twentieth-century Russian and Russophone literature of various genres, exploring the evolution of these genres in relation to key historical and cultural events, such as the Bolshevik revolution, Civil War, Stalin’s terror, World War II, the Holocaust, and reforms of the Thaw, and considering a variety of critical approaches. Readings include the prose of Chekhov, Sologub, Zamyatin, Krzhizhanovsky, Babel, Olesha, Teffi, Bulgakov, Nabokov, Platonov, Ginzburg, Grossman, Berggolts, Gorenstein, Trifonov, and Dovlatov. Conducted in English. An additional weekly session will be scheduled for students taking the course for Russian credit.

Unit(s): 1
Group Distribution Requirement(s): Distribution Group I
Prerequisite(s): For Russian credit: RUSS 220
Instructional Method: Lecture-conference
Grading Mode: Letter grading (A-F)
Cross-listing(s): LIT 373
Not offered: 2024-25
Group Distribution Learning Outcome(s):

Understand how arguments can be made, visions presented, or feelings or ideas conveyed through language or other modes of expression (symbols, movement, images, sounds, etc.).
Analyze and interpret texts, whether literary or philosophical, in English or a foreign language, or works of the visual or performing arts.
Evaluate arguments made in or about texts (whether literary or philosophical, in English or a foreign language, or works of the visual or performing arts).