For advanced MA and Ph.D. students. Studies include a varied selection of primary texts. Indended as an introduction to the study of modern literature for beginning graduate students in Russian literature. Pre-revolutionary, Soviet, and Emigre authors, trends, and genres. Includes survey of 20-century literary criticism as well, in particular Russian Formalists and Mikhail Bakhtin.
Readings are in both Russian and English.
Students must read, in Russian, the literary works involved and become familiar with the social, historical, and philosophical backgrounds that inspire them. Selected authors and topics. Current foreign language teaching methods and approaches. Current and future trends in pedagogy and technology. Introduction to current issues of foreign language pedagogy.