Russ,East European,Eurasian St 127 - MASTERPIECES OF RUSSIAN LIT II

Spring
2017
01
4.00
Hilary Fink
MW 09:00-10:20
Smith College
42135-S17
HATFLD 107
hfink@smith.edu
While 19th-century Russia rested on the three stable pillars of orthodoxy, autocracy and nationality, the 20th century in Russia was the chaotic age of revolution. This course surveys major writers and literary movements, focusing on the intersection of art and revolution in 20th-century Russian literature. Topics include the Symbolists and Decadents at the end of the 19th century, the reception of the Bolshevik Revolution by Russian writers in the 1920s, the emergence of/opposition to Stalinist Socialist Realism, and consideration of the relationship between political and personal revolution. Works by Chekhov, Bely, Babel, Kharms, Bulgakov, Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn, Ulitskaya and Pelevin. Conducted in English. No previous knowledge of Russian is required.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.