RUSSN 212B

Main Course

19th-Century Russian Literature: Age of Realism

Description

Lecture, three hours. Survey devoted to emergence of critical and psychological realism, beginning with early works of Turgenev, Goncharov, and Dostoevsky, moving to major novels of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Saltykov-Shchedrin, and concluding with works of the presymbolist period, especially short stories of Chekhov. Course 212B or 292B is required for MA (literature). S/U or letter grading.