Students learn and perform a play in Russian in the course of the semester.
Students perform in Russian a play of their own composition in the course of the semester. Open by permission to qualified students. Open by permission to qualified students. Taught in English. Students will read Dostoevsky's Notes from the Underground , a selection of Chekhov's short stories, Sologub's The Petty Demon , Bely's Petersburg , Zamiatin's We , a selection of Babel's short stories, Olesha's Envy , Gladkov's Cement , Platonov's The Foundation Pit , Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita .