Tolstoy Part Two: Anna Karenina and Later Works
REES 291
Spring 2023
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| Crosslisting:
COL 277, RULE 291, RUSS 291, WLIT 264 |
Lev Tolstoy (1828 -1910) lived longer than any of the other major nineteenth-century Russian writers. His career began in the 1850s, as Russian literature was moving out of the age of Romanticism, and extended into the twentieth century, as modernism was becoming the dominant mode of Russian literature. His influence in Russia went far beyond literature. By the end of his life, he was the leader of a moral movement known as Tolstoyanism, the major tenets of which were pacifism, vegetarianism, and a resistance to state power verging on anarchism. This course begins with Tolstoy's mid-career masterpiece Anna Karenina, in which Tolstoy explores the problematic nature of the Russian family through the experiences of two main characters: an adulterous wife, for whom the novel is named, and an autobiographical stand-in, Konstantin Lyovin, who is a mouthpiece for many of Tolstoy's own concerns about the post-emancipation Russian economy and the pernicious influence of the West. We will also read Tolstoy's final major novel, Resurrection, which calls into question all the bases of modern society, with the prison system as the primary embodiment of societal evil. The course will be 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 Major Requirement for: (REES-MN)(REES-Lang/Lit/C) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Anna Karenina
The Kreutzer Sonata
Resurrection
Andrei Zorin, Leo Tolstoy, Reaktion Books, ISBN 978-1-78914-199-3
Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, Maude translation, ed. George Gibian, Norton, ISBN 0-393-96642-9
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories, ed. David McDuff, Penguin, ISBN 978-0140449600
Leo Tolstoy, Resurrection, trans. Anthony Briggs, Penguin, ISBN 978-0-140-42463-8
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three 5-page papers, occasional short response papers. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Attendance and participation are required. |
| Instructor(s): Fusso,Susanne Grace Times: .M.W... 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: FISK414; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 9 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 6 | FR: 7 |
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