Russian Culture RU274 - Spring 1996
Dr. George Mitrevski
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Syllabus
  1. Th 3/28 Introduction
  2. F 3/29 The Geographical Setting and The Russian Character Read: Suppl. p. 14 "Geography"; Suppl. p. 53 "The Russian Character"
  3. M 4/1 FILM: "Nakanno Village".
  4. Tu 4/2 Computer Lab: Introduction to the Internet
  5. W 4/3 Computer Lab: Introduction to the World Wide Web
  6. Th 4/4 Early History Read: Suppl. p. 16 "Early History".
    Internet resources:
  7. F 4/5 The Byzantine Tradition and Kievan Russia Read: Firebird, Ch. 1-3; Suppl. p. 60 "Vladimir Christianizes Russia".
    Internet resources:
  8. M 4/8 Eastern Orthodoxy: Beliefs Read: Suppl. p. 19 "Russian Orthodoxy"
    Internet resources:
  9. Tu 4/9 FILM: "The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom"
    Internet resources:
  10. W 4/10 Eastern Orthodoxy: Rituals and Traditions.Film
    Internet resources:
  11. Th 4/11 Church Architecture Read: Suppl. p. 20 "Russian Orthodox Church Architecture".
  12. F 4/12 Icons Read:Suppl. p. 23 "Icons".
    Internet resources:
  13. 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:
  14. Tu 4/16 The Russian Folk Tradition Read:Firebird, Ch. 12-13
  15. W 4/17 FILM: "Father Frost"
  16. Th 4/18 FILM: "Father Frost"
  17. F 4/19 Moscow and Feudal Russia Read: Firebird, Ch. 4-7.
    Internet resources:
  18. M 4/22 FILM: "The Kremlin"
    Internet resources
  19. Tu 4/23 Peter The Great and the Building of St Petersburg Read: Firebird, chapters 8 and 17
    Internet resources
  20. W 4/24 The Age of Elizabeth and Catherine Read: Firebird, Ch. 9
  21. Th 4/25 The Age of Elizabeth and Catherine Read: Firebird, Ch. 10
    Internet Resources:
  22. F 4/26 Sentimentalism in Literature Read: Suppl. p. 27 "Sentimentalism"; Anthology, Karamzin: "Poor Liza".
  23. 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
  24. Tu 4/30 Sentimentalism and Romanticism in the Visual Arts Read: Firebird, Ch. 15.; Suppl. p. 32 "Modern Russian Art".
  25. W 5/1 Romanticism in Music: Glinka and Tchaikovsky Read: Firebird, pp. 230-232; Ch. 23; Suppl. p. 36 "Russian Music"
    Internet resources:
  26. Th 5/2 Internet Research Projects
  27. F 5/3 Internet Research Projects
  28. M 5/6 MIDTRM
  29. Tu 5/7 Gogol Read: Firebird, pp. 214-218; Anthology, "The Overcoat"
  30. W 5/8 The Mighty Five Read: Firebird, pp. 338-351; Suppl. p. 36 "Russian Music"
    Internet resources:
  31. Th 5/9 Westernizers, Slavophiles and the Accursed Questions Read: Suppl. pp. 39-43
  32. F 5/10 Turgenev and Realism Read: Anthology, "Bezhin Meadow"
  33. M 5/13 THIRD REPORT DUE. Leskov Read: Anthology, "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District"
  34. Tu 5/14 Realism in Art: The Wanderers Read: Firebird, Ch. 20, pp. 325-338.
  35. W 5/15 Dostoevsky: Introduction
    Internet resources:
  36. Th 5/16 Dostoevsky Read: Notes from the Underground (Part I), Suppl. p. 46
    Study Guide
  37. F 5/17 Dostoevsky Read: Notes from the Underground (Part II)
  38. M 5/20 Tolstoy on Religion
    Read: Handout "Church and State"
    Internet resources:
  39. 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".
  40. W 5/22 Tolstoy the Artist Read: Anthology, "The Death of Ivan Ilych"
  41. Th 5/23 Chekhov and Stanislavsky
    Internet resources:
    Chekhov
    Stanislavsky
  42. F 5/24 Chekhov Read: Anthology, "Heartache", "Anna on the Neck", "The Darling"
  43. M 5/27 FOURTH REPORT DUE. FILM
  44. Tu 5/28 FILM
  45. W 5/29 Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes Read: Firebird, Chapter 25
  46. Th 5/30 Avant-Garde Art. Slides Read: Firebird, Ch. 24 and 26. Slides. Suppl. p. 50 "Russian Avant- Garde Art"
  47. F 5/31 Course Review


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