Selection of advanced material not covered in other course offerings and based upon the student's interests. Oral and written assignments in Russian. Conducted in Russian. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered each semester.
Projects work in Russian and English.
Registration during senior year by arrangement of the department. Oral presentation in Russian. Before 1917, the Tsarist government attempted to control authors with strict censorship and the threat of exile or prison. Under the Soviet regime controls tightened even more, most dissenting authors were silenced by the state. Yet writers found ways over the heads of the censorship.