The Russian and English Novel
ENGL 266
Fall 2012
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01
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| Crosslisting:
RUSS 270, REES 270, RULE 270 |
Like authors today, the great writers of 19th- and early 20th-century England and Russia drew inspiration from books written far away. This team-taught course examines the many modes of interaction that connect English and Russian novels, from direct inspiration to resonances of theme and form. We begin with NORTHANGER ABBEY and EUGENE ONEGIN, two novels about the nature of literature, the interplay of art and reality, and the significance of genre. We then turn to two monumental treatments of the "woman question" and the new identities made possible by modern life, MIDDLEMARCH and ANNA KARENINA. The final section of the course considers the beginnings of Modernism and the interplay of consciousness, memory, and artistic creation in MRS. DALLOWAY and THE REAL LIFE OF SEBASTIAN KNIGHT. Through close readings of each text, we will travel from English villages to Russian country estates, from St. Petersburg to London, tracing how an international and comparative conversation shaped the ever-changing conception of the novel as a genre and of the stories it might tell. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Pushkin, EUGENE ONEGIN
Austen, NORTHANGER ABBEY
Tolstoy, ANNA KARENINA
Eliot, MIDDLEMARCH
Woolf, MRS DALLOWAY
Nabokov, REAL LIFE OF SEBASTIAN KNIGHT
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Examinations and Assignments:
3 short papers (4-5p.), one final paper (9-11p) |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course contributes to the Briitish Lit and Theory & Literary Forms concentrations of the English major and fulfills the Research Option requirement for English Honors thesis writers. |
| Instructor(s): Weiner,Stephanie Kuduk Meyer,Priscilla Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: DWNY113; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 48 | | SR major: 15 | JR major: 15 | | |
| Seats Available: 11 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 5 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 8 | FR: 0 |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
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