Marist College
Division Of Humanities
Department Of English
Department Of Modern Languages
INSTRUCTOR: DR. NORKELIUNAS
OFFICE: ST. ANNE'S HERMITAGE (located North of Bank of New York branch)
SPRING 2000 SEMESTER
S Y L L A B U S
MAJOR TEXT (on reserve in library; students are not expected to purchase it):
Pyman, Avril. A History of Russian Symbolism. New York, NY: Cambridge UniversityPress, 1994.
Other required texts:
Bely, Andrey. "A Luminous Fairy Tale"**
Bulgakov, Mikhail: Master and Margarita
Pasternak, Borsi. Dr. Zhivago
Sholokhov, Mikhail. The Quiet Don (And Quietly Flows the Don)
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander. "The Nobel Lecture"**
Taubman, Jane. A Life Through Poetry: Marina Tsvetaeva's Lyrical Diary
Terras, Victor. Handbook of Russian Literature
Tsvetaeva, Marina. Art in the Light of Conscience (Essays on poetic creation)
The course will focus on major 20th Century Russian poets and novelists. It will analyze the works of Pre-Revolutionary, i.e. prior to 1917, poets as well as poets of the Soviet Period, i.e. from 1917 to 1991. Since the political nature of the 20th century Russia was predominantly Bolshevism-Communism, organized in the state structure of the Soviet Union, our main studies will center on the genres of poetry and prose. Many of the works are a direct outgrowth of social and political conditions and reflect historical events. As a result, the historical background of the required readings will be examined.
1. Comprehensive readings of required test;
2. Term paper: 8 to 10 pages in length, to be submitted at the semester's end;
3. Study of lecture notes;
4. Tests and exams;
5. Attendance: absence from class of more than three unexcused absences will result in course failure;
6. Grade distribution:
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Term Paper: |
20% |
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Two tests: |
30% |
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Final Exam: |
30% |
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Class Discussions: |
20% |
Note: Russian majors will be assigned some of the readings in the original Russian.
Note: The following works are on reserve in the college library:
Alexandrova, V.(1964). A History of Soviet Literature: 1917 to 1964, from Gorky to Solzhenitsyn. Doubleday & Co.:New York.
Hayward, M. & Crowley, E.(1962). Soviet Literature in the Sixties. Fredrick A. Prager: New York, New York.
Slonim, M. (1967). From Chekhov to the Revolution: Russian Literature from 1917 to 1967.Oxford University Press: New York, New York.
Slonium, M. (1967). Soviet Russian Literature: Writers and Problems. Oxford University Press: New York, New York.
Struve, G. (1951). Soviet Russian Literature, 1917 to 1950. University of Oklahoma Press:
Norman, Oklahoma.
Please take note, that Marist College has a policy of excellence in English, namely command of reading, writing, and speaking. This policy exists throughout the college curriculum. Anyone who is weak in these English skills will find the course very difficult. The requirement of the dictionary as a text is intended for you to spell correctly, as well as for the purposes of building English vocabulary. Thus, you are required to bring it to every class.
Every literary work covered in this course has a very large supplementary internet menu. The online materials are located on my home page originating from Marist College Institutional Technology Network.
A list of Internet and WWW sites are located on my home page (the URL is www.academic.marist.edu/nork). Keep in mind that the new college library is opening this semester, spring 2000. Be sure to use the Marist College Library's sources to do further research on topics especially in writing the required term paper.
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.
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