Russian 402 or 403. Russian literary styles are investigated in their historical perspective. Analysis of such stylistic features as choice of words and word order, differences between Russian standard and colloquial styles, and modern Russian slang. Analysis of lofty versus low style is made with regard to various literary schools and major individual authors from the 18th century on. One essay and frequent home exercises.
Course is conducted in Russian.
Survey of Russian Literature. This course provides an introduction to the major masterpieces of Russian fiction and drama written in the last third of the 19th century. Among the works to be studied are such classics of world literature as Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov. We will also read some of Chekhov's best short stories and his play Three Sisters. Texts will be analyzed in the context of the monumental changes Russian society was undergoing at that time.