Progress is checked by examinations and term papers. Russian 402 or 403 or equivalent. Russian literary styles are investigated in their historical perspective. Texts are provided. One essay, a midterm and a final examination.
Course is conducted in Russian.
Twentieth-Century Russian Literature. A knowledge of Russian is not required. Among the authors examined are Bulgakov, Tsvetaeva, Akhmatova, Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn, and recent Novel laureate Brodsky. Individual texts are examined in detail, and placed within the context of general literary, historical, and political developments. The course will conclude with an examination of the developments in Soviet literary life under Gorbachev.