Instructor:Dr. Kazys Norkeliunas
Course Outline (Spring Semester 1999)
Office : St. Annes Hermitage
Located North of the Branch of New York Bank
Office Hours: Every Day From 9:00AM to 5:00 PM, i.e. whenever I am not teaching a course or am not attending a faculty meeting.
Note: Should you not be able to see me personally in my office, try my e-mail jzfn@maristb.marist.edu or phone mail (X2207) or 575-3000, X2207 if you are not on campus.
Syllabus
Required Texts
Berdiaev, Nikolai. The Russian Idea. Greenwood Press, 1992.
Riazanovsky, Nicholas. A History of Russia. 5th Edition. Oxford University Press.
Riha, Thomas. Ed. Readings in Russian Civilization: Imperial Russia, Volume II. University of Chicago Press, 1969.
Note: The American Heritage Dictionary, a paperback, must be brought to class at every meeting. It may be purchased at the college bookstore.
Required Lectures
Formal classroom lectures will not be repetitious of the required readings. Their function will be to supplement the texts and present new information. Therefore you should take careful classroom lecture notes and study them for tests or exams. Required reading material will be reviewed in formal discussion sessions.
Course Objectives
The aims of this course are to examine the social, economic, and political developments and events that shape Russian history from the reign of Alexander the II to the October Revolution. The study is designed to help students understand the Russian people and the historical events that shaped their national and political character, as well as the historical destiny, in which they find themselves today.
Other Requirements
A term paper that pertains to the content and historical period covered by the course, i.e. 1801-1917. This project will be due two weeks before the last class of the semester. The term paper topic should be selected by the last class in February. Make an appointment with the instructor to discuss the term paper topic before the end of February.
NOTE: THE TERM PAPER MUST CONSIST OF A MINIMUM OF TEN PAGES.
Basis of Final Grade:
a) Mid-Term exam- 30%
b) Final Exam- 30%
c) Semester Term Paper- 30%
d) Participation in Discussion Sessions- 10%
Computer Assisted instruction
A. Marist College E-Mail
Every student in class should have a Marist College e-mail address. Please give this information to Dr. Norkeliunas the first week of the semester, or send it via e-mail to Dr. Norkeliunas' address- jzfn@maristb.marist.edu Questions and discussions regarding topics of written assignments will be facilitated if you contact Dr. Norkeliunas via e-mail. Be sure to make this a regular practice-at least once a week.
B. Using Internet and World Wide Web
A list of Internet sites and WWW sites will be handed out in class to help you locate archives, reference material, and bibliographical data pertaining to authors and works covered in this course. Please make use of them the way you have previously in searching facts in the "traditional" library. Even the college library can be accessed this way, through "Marist Country"; this is accessible to you through the college or your own home computers.
Assignment Due: Intro to course
In Berdyaev's Russian Idea Chapter 1,"Definition of the Russian National Type" pages 19-50
In Riha Chapter 22, "A journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow". In Riasanovsky Chapter 25,"Reign of Alexander The I" pages 300-322
In Riasanovsky Chapter 26,"The reign of Nicholas The I". In Riha Chapter 28,"What is Oblomovism ?" pages 332-343
In Riasanovsky Chapter 27, "The Economic and Social Development of Russia in the first half of Nineteenth Century" pages 341-347. Chapter 28,"Russian Culture in the first half of the Nineteenth Century" pages 348-367
Term Paper Topic Due
In Riasanovsky Chapter 29,"The Reign of Alexander The II" pages 368-390; In Riha Chapter 31, "Killing an Emperor" pages 368-377
In Riasanovsky Chapter 30," The Reign of Alexander The III and the first part of the Reign of Nicohlas The II" pages 391-403. In Riha Chapter 29,"Going to the Peolple" pages 344-357
March 2, 1999-Test I Essay and Objective on Chapters 25,26,27,28,29 in Riasanovsky and Chapters 22,28,31 in Riha. (This test constitutes our Midterm Exam)
In Riasanovksy Chapter 31, "The last part of the reign of Nicholas II: The revolution of 1905 and the constitutional period" pages 404-421. In Riha Chapter 25,"Apology of a Madman" pages 303-314
Hoorah!!!!Spring Recess
In Riasanovksy Chapter 32, "The Economic and Social Development of Russia from the 'Great Reforms' until the Revolution of 1917 pages 422-434. In Riha Chapter 33,"The Slav Role in World Civilization" pages 383-389
In Riasanovksy Chapter 33, "Russian Cultures from the 'Great Reforms' until the Revolution of 1917 pages 435-452. (This is THE LAST assignment in Riasanovksy's History of Russia)
In Berdyaev Chapter 2,"The crucial importance of problem of the Philosophy of History". Chapter 3 ,"The problem of clash between Personality and World Harmony"
In Berdyae Chapter 4,"The problem of Humanism " .Chapter 5,"The Social Color of Russian Thought "
April 15 - Test II on everything we have covered in class since Test I
In Berdyaev Chapter 7,"The authority and the State " .Chapter 9,"The Eschatological and the Prophetic Character of Russian Thought"
In Berdyaev Chapter 10,"Summing-up of Russian Nineteenth Century Thought"
REVIEW of Material Last Day of Class.
May 7 Term paper due. Final exam date to be announced.
Reading Day
Final Exam Week
53 rd. Commencement