Russian Short Story

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This course, taught in English, introduces stories by major Russian writers starting with Karamzin, then sampling the 19th Century Classics— ranging from Pushkin, Gogol Lermontov, Tolstoy, Leskov, and, bridging into the 20th century, Chekhov. In the twentieth Century, it comprises authors ranging from Kharms, Platonov, Bulgakov, and Zoshchenko, through Nabokov and then, the Post-Soviet Pelevin and Sorokin, thus bridging into the 21st century and issues of burning relevance today, both poetic and political.