Gogol and His Legacy: Witches, Con Men, and Runaway Noses
RUSS 277
Fall 2023
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| Crosslisting:
REES 277, RULE 277, WLIT 242 |
Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852), hailed as one of Russia's greatest and most distinctive writers, created a phantasmagorical world of devils and witches coexisting with the gritty details of life in Ukraine, St. Petersburg, and the Russian provinces. Gogol's satirical observations delighted socially conscious contemporary critics, while his linguistic experimentation and subversion of the rules of logic inspired later modernist writers. Roughly half of the course is devoted to major writers of the twentieth century. We will consider Gogol's interest in the demonic; his complex identity as a bilingual writer claimed by both Ukraine and Russia as one of their greatest cultural figures; the influence of his formal and linguistic experimentation on later writers such as Dostoevsky, Nabokov, and Bulgakov, with his vision of the Devil visiting Soviet Moscow; and Gogol's reception by modern Russian and Western writers and critics. The course is conducted in English. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA REES |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (REES-MN)(REES-Lang/Lit/C) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Gogol, THE NOSE AND OTHER STORIES (Columbia University Press), ISBN 9780231190695
Gogol, DEAD SOULS (Yale U. Press)
ISBN 9-780300060997
Gogol, THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR (Northwestern)
ISBN 1530891205
Dostoevsky, "The Eternal Husband" (Melville House)
ISBN 978-097614073-3
Sologub, THE PETTY DEMON (Ardis)
ISBN 9-780882-338088
Bulgakov, THE MASTER AND MARGARITA (Vintage)
ISBN 0-679-76080-6
Kharms, TODAY I WROTE NOTHING (Overlook)
ISBN-13: 978-1-590200421
ISBN-10: 1-59020042X
Nabokov, NIKOLAI GOGOL (New Directions)
ISBN 0-8112-0120-1
Nabokov, PNIN (Anchor)
ISBN 0-385-19116-2
Yuz Aleshkovsky, NIKOLAI NIKOLAEVICH AND CAMOUFLAGE (Columbia U.)
ISBN: 978-0-231-18966-8
Sologub, TO THE STARS (Columbia) ISBN: 978-0231200059
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three papers; ungraded response papers; attendance and participation. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Conducted in English. |
| Instructor(s): Fusso,Susanne Times: .M.W... 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: FISK312; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 2 | JR major: 2 | | |
| Seats Available: 11 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 4 | FR: 3 |
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