Goucher College 2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
Goucher College 2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

WL 374 - Tolstoy and Dostoevsky (4 Cr.)

(cross-listed as RUS 274, RUS 374, and WL 274)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course revolving around the comparison of the style and themes of Russia’s foremost authos of psychological realism, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. Part of a four-year cycle of rotating pre-revolutionary topics in fiction, poetry, or drama involving close textual analysis of select works of one author, in-depth analysis of a single literary masterpiece, or examination of a particular theme or genre. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. English speakers read the works in translation. Prerequisite: any 200 level Russian Literature course, RUS 312  or instructor’s permission. Fall semester. Samilenko.