Winter 2003
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
E-Mail:
bidoshik@union.edu
Course
Description: This course is a survey of the Russian short
story and its various representations in the eighteenth, nineteenth and
twentieth centuries. Specifically, we
will focus on what constitutes this prose genre. Is the primary qualification
of the Russian short story a simple issue of quantitative criteria such as the
number of words or pages, or does it include the qualitative and formal
differences that mark the short story as a distinctive genre in its own
right? The existence in Russian of such
different terms as gjdtcnm,
hfccrfp,
yjdtkkf, each of which are subsumed by the general definition
of “short form”, only furthers the complication. We will investigate issues of genre as well as general themes
such as the authors’ emphasis of reflected and distorted images of Russian
everyday life. The course will be conducted in Russian as a combination of
lectures and class discussion.
Course
Requirements and Evaluation: Students will be expected to have completed
the reading for each class as outlined below and to actively contribute to
class discussion. Students are strongly
encouraged to attend classes regularly.
In addition, students will be responsible for the presentation of one
short story. You must sign up for a
presentation slot and have your topic approved no later than the end of the
third week of class. Students will also
write three two page short response papers, each of which will be due the
third, sixth and eighth week of class.
The final six-page paper will be submitted first as a draft and then as
a final version. Detailed instructions
on writing assignments will be provided. The final grade for the course will be
determined based on the following:
Attendance
and Participation
30%
Three
Response Papers
30%
(10% each)
Presentation 15%
Final
Paper (6 pgs) 25%
Required
Reading: (all works are short stories
that will be provided to you)
Geirby,
<<Cnfywbjyysq cvjnhbntkm>>
Kthvjynjd,
<<Nfvfym>>
(Uthjq yfituj dhtvtyb)
Ujujkm,
<<Pfgbcrb cevfcitlituj>>
Ljcnjtdcrbq,
<<Ckf,jt cthlwt>>
Njkcnjq, <<Cvthnm Bdfyf Bkmbxf>>
Nehutytd,
<<Fcz>>
Ktcrjd,
<<Ktlb Vfr,tn Vwtycrjuj etplf>>
Xt[jd,
<<Xthysq vjyf[>>
<eyby,
<<Ujcgjlby bp Cfy-Ahfywbcrj>>
Cjk;tybwsy,
<<Vfnh=yby ldjh>>
Gtnheitdcrfz,
<<Cdjq rheu>>
Week One
Monday,
January 6 Introduction to Class/Class Policies
Wednesday,
January 8
Geirby,
<<Cnfywbjyysq cvjnhbntkm>>
(13 pages)
Week Two
Monday,
January 13
Kthvjynjd,
<<Nfvfym>> (Uthjq
yfituj dhtvtyb) (10 pages)
Wednesday,
January 15
Ujujkm,
<<Pfgbcrb cevfcitlituj>>
(20 pages)
Week Three
Monday,
January 20
Ljcnjtdcrbq,
<<Ckf,jt cthlwt>>
(517-539)
Wednesday,
January 22
Ljcnjtdcrbq,
<<Ckf,jt cthlwt>>
(540-561)
*First Paper Due
Week Four
Monday,
January 27
Njkcnjq, <<Cvthnm Bdfyf Bkmbxf>> (57-88)
Wednesday,
January 29
Njkcnjq, <<Cvthnm Bdfyf Bkmbxf>>
(88-115)
Monday,
February 3 Nehutytd,
<<Fcz>>
(2-50)
Wednesday,
February 5
Nehutytd,
<<Fcz>>
(50-94)
Monday,
February 10 No class – work
on paper
Wednesday,
February 12
Ktcrjd,
<<Ktlb Vfr,tn Vwtycrjuj etplf>>
(48 pages)
* Second Paper Due
Week Seven
Monday,
February 17 Xt[jd,
<<Xthysq vjyf[>>
(311-329)
Wednesday,
February 19
Xt[jd,
<<Xthysq vjyf[>>
(329-342)
Week Eight
Monday,
February 24 <eyby,
<<Ujcgjlby bp Cfy-Ahfywbcrj>>
(217-226)
Wednesday,
February 26
<eyby,
<<Ujcgjlby bp Cfy-Ahfywbcrj>>
(227-234)
*Third Paper Due
Monday,
March 3
Cjk;tybwsy,
<<Vfnh=yby ldjh>>
(123-159)
Wednesday,
March 5 Discussion of Draft
of Final Paper
Week Ten
Monday,
March 10
Gtnheitdcrfz,
<<Cdjq rheu>>
Wednesday,
March 12 Closing
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