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2014-2015 Academic Catalog 
    
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RUS 281-01 - Major Russian Writers: Nabokov (Spring)

4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: GLS 281-01 . The works of Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) are the subject of this semester’s Major Russian Writers course. Novels considered include Mary, Despair, The Defense, Lolita, Pnin, Pale Fire, and Ada. We also will read several short stories and Nabokov’s autobiography Speak, Memory. Discussion topics include Nabokov’s role in the Russian literary tradition, émigré literature, and (auto)translation. Conducted in English.

Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Note: Plus-2 option available in Russian.
Instructor: Herold