RUSSIA'S GREATEST ENIGMA: NIKOLAI GOGOL

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2023 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze and interpret most of Gogol’s masterpieces to gain a better sense of what literature is and why it is important to read literary texts. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Distinguish features of the major literary movements of the 19th century, Romanticism and Realism, through some of its most fascinating and problematic texts. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Examine the literariness of literary works and the complex relationships between author, the literary work, and society. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Develop skills in critical thinking and writing in order to better analyze difficult literary texts. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze and interpret most of Gogol’s masterpieces to gain a better sense of what literature is and why it is important to read literary texts. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Distinguish features of the major literary movements of the 19th century, Romanticism and Realism, through some of its most fascinating and problematic texts. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Examine the literariness of literary works and the complex relationships between author, the literary work, and society. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Develop skills in critical thinking and writing in order to better analyze difficult literary texts. Audience: Undergraduate