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1、RussianliteratureinaculturalcontextSt.PetersburganditsGreatStoriesFall2007UniversityofCopenhagenIncooperationwithDIS–Denmark’sInternationalStudyProgramWereadandanalyzeRussianliterarymasterpiecesalongsideRussiancinema,artandmusic.Thecourseprovidesagenera
2、lunderstandingofRussiancultureandhistorythroughthelensofliterature.AuthorsincludeDostoevsky(CrimeandPunishment),Chekhov(UncleVanya),Bulgakov(MasterandMargarita),Nabokov(Speak,Memory)andothers.Classroom:Vestergade10,A-11Time:MondaysandThursdays,11:40–13:
3、00Instructor:JonKyst-emailkyst@hum.ku.dkB.A.(RussianLanguageandLiterature,UniversityofCopenhagenandSt.Petersburg,1993)M.A.(RussianLanguageandLiterature,UniversityofCopenhagen,1996)Ph.D.(EnglishandRussian,UniversityofCopenhagen,2004)Lecturer,Universityof
4、Copenhagen.VisitingScholar,ColumbiaUniversity,2000-2004.WithDISsince2003.PublicationsincludescholarlyarticlesonRussiancultureandliterature,aswellastranslationsofRussianliteratureandjournalism.DISContactsMajFischer,ProgramDirectorECH,EPS,IBE,mf@dis.dkSum
5、merHenderson,ProgramAssistantECH,she@dis.dkObjectivesTheaimofthecourseistodemonstratehowRussiaisculturallydifferentfromtherestofEuropeandtheworld.ThisaimisachievedbyreadinganddiscussingRussianliteratureandbystudyingandlearningabouttheculturalandhistoric
6、alcontextinwhichtheworksappeared.Theparticipantswilldeveloptheirskillsintextualanalysisandwillbeabletoprovideinformedanswerstothequestion‘WhatisRussia?’,drawingontheirknowledgeofsomeofthemostcentralworksinRussia’sliteraryandculturalheritagewithinthefoll
7、owingfivetopicareas:“RussiabetweenEastandWest”;“Dostoevsky’sspiritualnovel”;“Russianavant-gardeandformalism”;“Russia’stotalitarianheritage”;“Russiannostalgiaandemigration.”1Attheendofthecoursethestudentshave•ReadandanalyzedRussian19thand20thcenturyliter
8、aturerepresentedby3novels,1play,1autobiography,2longernarrativepoems,1shortstory,adozenofshorterpoemsbyRussianwritersaswellasexcerptsfromtheBibleandtheoreticalandphilosophicalwritingsby5Russianandinternationalscholars.Theyhavewat