Love, Adultery, and Sexuality

Literary representations of love, marriage, adultery, and sexuality. Examines the formation of the notion of passionate romantic love, the myths of femininity, and various concepts of love and family. Emphasizes the way in which the notions of love and sexuality are linked to national identity. Readings include several Russian popular and revolutionary feminist writers as well as such classics as Rousseau, Racine, Pushkin, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Chekhov, and Kate Chopin.