RUS 281-01 - Major Russian Writers: Dostoevsky (Fall)

4 credits (Fall)

Cross-listed as: GLS 281-01. The short works and major novels of Feodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) are the focus of this semester’s Major Russian Writers course. Novels considered include Poor Folk, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov. We will also read several short works, including Notes from Underground, The Double, and Muzhik Marey. Discussion topics include Dostoevsky’s place in the Russian literary tradition, the development of the nineteenth-century novel, and philosophical and aesthetic questions in Dostoevsky’s works. Lectures and supplemental readings will consider the historical, social, and political context of Dostoevsky’s Russia. Conducted in English.

Prerequisite: None.
Note: Plus-2 available in Russian.
Instructor: Armstrong