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Spring 2013 Russian V3222 section 001 TOLSTOY AND DOSTOEVSKY | |
| Call Number | 29851 |
| Day & Time Location |
MW 10:10am-11:25am 717 Hamilton Hall |
| Points | 3 |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Liza Knapp |
| Type | LECTURE |
| Course Description | Two epic novels, Tolstoy's War and Peace and Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, will be read along with selected shorter works. Other works by Tolstoy include his early Sebastopol Sketches, which changed the way war is represented in literature; Confession, which describes his spiritual crisis; the late stories "Kreutzer Sonata" and "Hadji Murad"; and essays on capital punishment and a visit to a slaughterhouse. Other works by Dostoevsky include his fictionalized account of life in Siberian prison camp, The House of the Dead; Notes from the Underground, his philosophical novella on free will, determinism, and love; "A Gentle Creature," a short story on the same themes; and selected essays from Diary of a Writer. The focus will be on close reading of the texts. Our aim will be to develop strategies for appreciating the structure and form, the powerful ideas, the engaging storylines, and the human interest in the writings of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. No knowledge of Russian is required. |
| Web Site | CourseWorks |
| Department | Slavic Languages |
| Enrollment | 40 students (86 max) as of 11:44PM Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
| Final Exam Day/Time | May 13 M 9:00am-12:00pm |
| Final Location | 717 Hamilton Hall |
| Subject | Russian |
| Number | V3222 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | Interschool |
| Open To | Columbia College, Engineering and Applied Science, General Studies, School of Continuing Education, Barnard |
| Campus | Morningside |
| Section key | 20131RUSS3222V001 |
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