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”