The cultural context, lives, and works of nineteenth-century Russia's greatest novelists. Close reading of two panoramic masterpieces, "War and Peace" and "The Idiot," interspersed with selected autobiographical writings and short stories. All readings and discussion in English. Film adaptations with English subtitles.
Not open to students with credit in RUSS 4090
Russia through the Eyes of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
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