| WEEK | TOPIC | READING |
| Jan. 8 | Introduction Very brief survey of late Imperial Russian/Soviet history | |
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| Jan. 13 | The Late 19th Century Chekhov | Chekhov, “Heartache,” “Gooseberries,” “Anna on the Neck,” and “The Darling” in Proffer Chekhov, “Lady with a Dog” in Gibian Chekhov, “The Bishop” in Brown Chekhov, “The Seagull” in Reeve |
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| Jan. 15 | Neo-Realism Gorky | Gorky, “Twenty Six. . .” in Luker or in Gibian. Gorky, “The Lower Depths” in Reeve. Gorky, “Chelkash” in Proffer or in Luker Kuprin: “The Garnet Bracelet” in Luker or in Proffer. Andreev: “Seven Who Were Hanged” in Luker. |
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| Jan. 22 | Neo-Realism Bunin | Bunin: “Gentleman from San Francisco” in Luker or Proffer; “Light Breathing” in Brown; “The Dreams of Chang” in Luker; “Tanya” in 50 Writers. |
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| Jan. 27 | The Modernist Revolt Symbolism | Soloviev, “A Brief Tale about the Antichrist” and “Panmongolism” in Politics, Law, Morality. Markov, pp. 9-11, 47-49, 69, 93-95, 139. Blok: “The Puppet Show” in Reeve. Blok poems in Brown and in Markov. Start reading Bely, Petersburg. |
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| Jan. 29 | Symbolism | Andreev, “He Who Gets Slapped” in Reeve. Bely poems in Markov. Continue reading Bely, Petersburg |
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| Feb. 3 | Bely’s Petersburg 1st Essay due on Petersburg | Bely, Petersburg |
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| Feb. 5 | Acmeism | Akhmatova poems in Brown and in Markov Mandelshtam poems in Brown and in Markov Gumilev poems in Markov. |
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| Feb. 10 | Futurism Other poetry Literature after the Revolution | Mayakovsky, “The Bedbug” in Reeve, poems in Markov. Khlebnikov, “Nikolai” in Brown, poems in Markov Esenin poems in Markov Tsvetaeva poems in Markov Pasternak poems in Markov |
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| Feb. 12 | The 1920’s | Babel stories in Brown; “The Death of Dolgushov” and “Salt” in Chandler; “Gedali,” “The Rabbi,” and “The Rabbi’s Son” in 50 Writers Zamyatin, “The Cave” in Brown Start reading Zamyatin, We |
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| Feb. 17 | The 1920’s 2nd Essay due on We | Zamyatin, We |
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| Feb. 19 | Exam #1 | |
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| Feb. 24 | The 1920’s | Olesha, Envy in Brown M. Sholokhov, “Family Man” in 50 Writers Start reading Bulgakov, Master and Margarita |
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| Feb. 26 | Émigré Literature 1930’s Socialist Realism | Platonov in Brown Nabokov in Brown and in 50 Writers Continue reading Bulgakov, Master and Margarita |
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| Mar. 3 | Bulgakov 3rd Essay due on Master and Margarita | Bulgakov, Master and Margarita |
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| Mar. 5 | Bulgakov | Start reading Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago |
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| Mar. 17 | Zoshchenko WWII and after Soviet Drama | Zoshchenko stories in Brown, in Chandler, and in 50 Writers Shvarts, “The Shadow” in Reeve Continue reading Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago |
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| Mar. 19 | The Thaw Post-war Poets Pasternak | Slutsky, Evtushenko, Veznesensky, Akhmadulina in Markov Brodsky, Akhmadulina, Yevtushenko, and Voznesensky in Carlisle. Brodsky, Slutsky, Akhmadulina and Okudzhava in Smith Continue reading Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago |
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| Mar. 24 | Pasternak 4th essay due on Doctor Zhivago | Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago |
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| Mar. 26 | The 1960s Dissidence Samizdat | Sinyavsky, in Brown and in 50 Writers Daniel, in 50 Writers Aksyonov in 50 Writers Iskander in 50 Writers |
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| Mar. 31 | Village Prose | Solzhenitsyn in Brown Shukshin; “The Outsider” and “Moving to the Country” Shukshin in Chandler and in 50 Writers Rasputin, “Vasily and Vasilisa” Rasputin in Zalygin |
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| Apr. 2 | Exam #2 | |
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| Apr. 7 | Solzhenitsyn 5th Essay due on One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich | Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich |
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| Apr. 9 | The Brezhnev era | Shalamov in Brown; Sokolov in Brown Vladimov in Brown Dovlatov, in 50 Writers Start reading Voinovich, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin |
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| Apr. 14 | The Brezhnev era Voinovich 6th Essay due on The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin | Voinovich, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin |
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| Apr. 16 | Glasnost and Perestroika | Petrushevskaya in Goscilo and Lindsey and in Zalygin Erofeyev, in 50 Writers Dovlatov, in Chandler Tolstaya, The Slynx |
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| Apr. 21 | Post-Soviet Trends 7th Essay due on Tolstaya, The Slynx | Tolstaya, The Slynx |
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| Apr. 23 | Post-Soviet Trends | Pelevin, “A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia” Pelevin, in 50 Writers Pelevin, “Nika” Ulitskaya, in 50 Writers Buida, in 50 Writers Buida, in Chandler Petrushevskaya, in 50 Writers |
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| Apr. 28 | COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAMINATION | |