Tentative Schedule

 

 

January 15                    Introduction to Russian Literature/

                                    Readings from 18th Century

 

January 20                    Russian Sentimentalism

                                    Quiz on 18th Century Reading & Poor Liza:  Karamzin Poor Liza

 

January 22                    Introduction to Russian Romanticism

 

January 27                    Alexander Pushkin Belkin Tales

 

January 29                    Quiz on Pushkin works

                                    Alexander Pushkin Belkin Tales & Queen of Spades

 

February 3                   Alexander Pushkin Queen of Spades

                                     

February 5                   Mikhail Lermontov Hero of Our Time

 

February 10                 Quiz on Hero of Our Time

                                    Mikhail Lermontov Hero of Our Time

                                     

February 12                 Mikhail Lermontov Hero of Our Time

                                   

February 17                 Nikolai Gogol The Overcoat and Diary of a Madman

 

February 19                 Quiz on Gogol works

                                    Nikolai Gogol The Overcoat and Diary of a Madman

 

February 24                 Nikolai Gogol The Overcoat and Diary of a Madman

 

February 26                 Midterm

 

 

March 2                       Introduction to Russian Realism

 

March 4                       Quiz on Fathers and Children

 

 

March 9                       Ivan Turgenev Fathers and Children

                                   

March 11                     Ivan Turgenev Fathers and Children

 

March 23                     Fyodor Dostoevsky

 

March 25                     Quiz on Notes from the Underground

                                    Fyodor Dostoevsky Notes from the Underground

 

March 30                     Quiz on Notes from the Underground

                                    Fyodor Dostoevsky Notes from the Underground

                                    Website draft due, either as hard copy or online

 

April 1                          Fyodor Dostoevsky Notes from the Underground

 

April 6                          Service Learning Day—Watch a film based on 19th century Russian literature or read a text

                                    Write a short analysis (1.5-2 pages) of the work.  Include the movement to which the work    

                                    belongs.

 

April 8                          Leo Tolstoy

 

April 13                        Quiz on “Kreutzer Sonata” and “Haji Marat”

                                    Tolstoy “Kreutzer Sonata”

                                     

 

April 15                        Tolstoy “Kreutzer Sonata” and “Haji Marat”

 

April 20                        Tolstoy “Haji Marat”

 

April 22                        Anton Chekhov

 

April 27                        Chekhov “Anna on the Neck”, “The House with the Mezzanine”,

                                    & “Gooseberries”

 

April 29                        Chekhov “Anna on the Neck”, “The House with the Mezzanine”,

                                    & “Gooseberries”