Russian Culture RU274 - Spring 1996
Dr. George Mitrevski
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Syllabus
- Th 3/28 Introduction
- F 3/29 The Geographical Setting and The Russian Character
Read: Suppl. p. 14 "Geography"; Suppl. p. 53
"The Russian Character"
- M 4/1 FILM: "Nakanno Village".
- Tu 4/2 Computer Lab: Introduction to the Internet
- W 4/3 Computer Lab: Introduction to the World Wide Web
- Th 4/4 Early History Read: Suppl. p. 16 "Early History".
Internet resources:
- F 4/5 The Byzantine Tradition and Kievan Russia
Read: Firebird, Ch. 1-3; Suppl. p. 60 "Vladimir
Christianizes Russia".
Internet resources:
- M 4/8 Eastern Orthodoxy: Beliefs Read: Suppl. p. 19 "Russian
Orthodoxy"
Internet resources:
- Tu 4/9 FILM: "The Divine Liturgy of St. John
Chrysostom"
Internet resources:
- W 4/10 Eastern Orthodoxy: Rituals and Traditions.Film
Internet resources:
- Th 4/11 Church Architecture Read: Suppl. p. 20 "Russian
Orthodox Church Architecture".
- F 4/12 Icons Read:Suppl. p. 23 "Icons".
Internet resources:
- M 4/15 FIRST REPORT DUE. Russian Saints and Sainthood
Read: Suppl. p. 64 "The Lives of St. Stephen of
Perm and St. Sergius".
Internet resources:
- Tu 4/16 The Russian Folk Tradition Read:Firebird, Ch. 12-13
- W 4/17 FILM: "Father Frost"
- Th 4/18 FILM: "Father Frost"
- F 4/19 Moscow and Feudal Russia Read: Firebird, Ch. 4-7.
Internet resources:
- M 4/22 FILM: "The Kremlin"
Internet resources
- Tu 4/23 Peter The Great and the Building of St
Petersburg Read: Firebird, chapters 8 and 17
Internet resources
- W 4/24 The Age of Elizabeth and Catherine Read: Firebird, Ch. 9
- Th 4/25 The Age of Elizabeth and Catherine Read: Firebird, Ch. 10
Internet Resources:
- F 4/26 Sentimentalism in Literature Read: Suppl. p. 27
"Sentimentalism"; Anthology, Karamzin: "Poor Liza".
- M 4/29 SECOND REPORT DUE. Romanticism in Literature: Pushkin
and Lermontov Read: Firebird, Ch. 14; Suppl.
p. 30 "Romantic vs.Realistic Fiction"; p. 80 "The Gypsies"
Internet Resources:
Pushkin
Lermontov
- Tu 4/30 Sentimentalism and Romanticism in the Visual Arts
Read: Firebird, Ch. 15.; Suppl. p. 32 "Modern Russian Art".
- W 5/1 Romanticism in Music: Glinka and Tchaikovsky
Read: Firebird, pp. 230-232; Ch. 23;
Suppl. p. 36 "Russian Music"
Internet resources:
- Th 5/2 Internet Research Projects
- F 5/3 Internet Research Projects
- M 5/6 MIDTRM
- Tu 5/7 Gogol Read: Firebird, pp. 214-218; Anthology,
"The Overcoat"
- W 5/8 The Mighty Five Read: Firebird, pp. 338-351;
Suppl. p. 36 "Russian Music"
Internet resources:
- Th 5/9 Westernizers, Slavophiles and the Accursed Questions
Read: Suppl. pp. 39-43
- F 5/10 Turgenev and Realism Read: Anthology, "Bezhin Meadow"
- M 5/13 THIRD REPORT DUE. Leskov Read: Anthology, "Lady Macbeth
of the Mtsensk District"
- Tu 5/14 Realism in Art: The Wanderers
Read: Firebird, Ch. 20, pp. 325-338.
- W 5/15 Dostoevsky: Introduction
Internet resources:
- Th 5/16 Dostoevsky Read: Notes from the Underground (Part I),
Suppl. p. 46
Study Guide
- F 5/17 Dostoevsky Read: Notes from the Underground (Part II)
- M 5/20 Tolstoy on Religion
Read: Handout "Church and State"
Internet resources:
- Tu 5/21 Tolstoy, Gandhi, Martin Luther King: Civil
Disobedience and Non-Violence Read: Suppl.
p. 85 "The Beginning of the End",
p. 90 "Notes for Officers", p. 94
"Notes for Soldiers", p. 98 "Thou Shalt Not Kill".
- W 5/22 Tolstoy the Artist Read: Anthology, "The Death of Ivan
Ilych"
- Th 5/23 Chekhov and Stanislavsky
Internet resources:
Chekhov
Stanislavsky
- F 5/24 Chekhov
Read: Anthology, "Heartache", "Anna on the Neck", "The Darling"
- M 5/27 FOURTH REPORT DUE. FILM
- Tu 5/28 FILM
- W 5/29 Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
Read: Firebird, Chapter 25
- Th 5/30 Avant-Garde Art. Slides Read: Firebird, Ch. 24 and
26. Slides. Suppl. p. 50 "Russian Avant- Garde Art"
- F 5/31 Course Review
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