RUSSL 3351

Pushkin's Fictions

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2023-2024 Catalog.

Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) is among the greatest of Russian writers and a central figure in Russian culture. In a short life – he was killed in a duel at 37 – he wrote in a wide variety of forms. He is best known as a poet, but his fiction marks the beginning of the Russian novel; to understand Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, we need to read Pushkin. Among the fictions we will read are stories, including the Tales of Belkin and "The Queen of Spades," the short novel The Captain's Daughter, the novel in verse Eugene Onegin, and the historical novel about the author's African ancestor, The Moor of Peter the Great. We will also read selected short poems.

Distribution Category (ALC-AS, LA-AS)

When Offered Spring.

Breadth Requirement (HB)

Satisfies Requirement This course satisfies one of the literature requirements for the Russian minor.

Comments All reading is in English.

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