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135053 PS PS Social history of literature: Russian Writers in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century (2021W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 13 - Europäische und Vergleichende Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
MIXED
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 14 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 11.10. 18:45 - 20:15 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Monday 18.10. 18:45 - 20:15 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Monday 25.10. 18:45 - 20:15 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Monday 08.11. 18:45 - 20:15 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Monday 15.11. 18:45 - 20:15 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Monday 22.11. 18:45 - 20:15 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Monday 29.11. 18:45 - 20:15 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Monday 06.12. 18:45 - 20:15 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Monday 13.12. 18:45 - 20:15 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Monday 10.01. 18:45 - 20:15 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Monday 17.01. 18:45 - 20:15 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Monday 24.01. 18:45 - 20:15 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Monday 31.01. 18:45 - 20:15 Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Do you want to eavesdrop on the conversation of Maupassant and Turgenev and witness the amity between the latter and Flaubert? What do Tolstoy, Hemingway and Galsworthy have in common? What did Hermann Hesse inherit from Tolstoy? How does love for red and black colours result in a crime and punishment? How does the issue of 'folly', 'madness' and 'insanity' unite Russian and world literature? These and many further questions will find their answers in the discussions during the course, which will continue to introduce you to the riches of Russian literature (no previous course attendance is required). We shall discuss historical and cultural contexts, literary traditions and influences alongside the authors' individual and often unique styles.

Assessment and permitted materials

The final grade for this course consists of the following parts:
20% Participation in discussions
•40% Class Presentation
•40% Final essay (5,000 words)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

1. Active participation in class discussions
2. Oral presentation
3. Critical reading
4. Submission of an essay

Examination topics

Submission of a presentation in class
Submission of an essay after the end of the semester

Reading list

1.Ivan Turgenev:
*Fathers and Sons OR *Smoke
Dream Tales and Prose Poems
2.Fyodor Dostoyevsky:
*The Double OR * The Gambler
* Netochka Nezvanova OR *White Nights
3.Vsevolod Garshin:
*The Signal OR * The Red Flower
4. Lev Tolstoy:
Anna Karenina
5. Anton Chekhov:
The Wife And Other Short Stories
any play of your choice
NB: the language and publication of the works are not specified, because you can read them in any language. You can also find English and German editions of these works on a separate shelf in the shop "Facultas Universitätsbuchhandlung am Campus (facultas ubc)": Altes AKH, Hof 1, Alser Straße 4/1/2/1

Association in the course directory

BA M5

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