Russian 36: Tolstoy
and the Problem of Death
Summer
2007: 2A Professor
L.V. Loseff
108
Reed
Books to buy (Wheelock Books or
online)
Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace, Norton
Critical edition, ISBN: 039396647X
Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, Pevear and
Volokhonsky translation, Penguin Books, ISBN 9780142000274
Leo Tolstoy, The
Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories, Rebound by Sagebrush,
ISBN-10: 0613185692
Midterm
examintion, oral report, term paper and grades
Midterm
examination on July 26. 25%
20-minute
oral presentation on books, essays and articles about TolstoyÕs works (may
serve as research for the term paper); individual schedules. 25%.
Term
paper 15 pp.; due on or before August 21.
30%
Class
participation 20%
Office
hours:
by appointment. 219 Reed.
Students with learning, physical, or
psychiatric disabilities who will be taking this course and may need
disability-related classroom accommodations are encouraged to make an
appointment and to see me as soon as possible.
Some students may wish to take part in
religious observances that occur during this academic term. If you have a religious observance that
conflicts with your participation in the course, please meet with me before the
end of the second week of the term to discuss appropriate accommodations.
All required readings are to be completed in advance
of the class session for which they are assigned.
Thursday,
6.21 Introduction.
Tuesday,
6.26 "The Death of Ivan
Il'ich," 52 pages
Thursday,
6.28 War
and Peace,
Book One, 91 pages
Tuesday,
7.3 War and Peace, Books
Two-Four, 206 pages
Thursday,
7.5 War and Peace, Book Five, 62
pages
Tuesday,
7.10 War and Peace, Books
Six-Eight, 167 pages
Thursday,
7.12 War
and Peace,
Book Nine, 72 pages
Tuesday,
7.17 War and Peace, Books Ten and
Eleven, 220 pages
Thursday,
7.19 War
and Peace,
Book Twelve, 46 pages
Tuesday,
7.24 Finish War and Peace, 201 pages
Thursday,
7.26 Midterm
Examination.
Tuesday,
7.31 Anna Karenina, Parts One and
Two, 236 pages
Thursday,
8.2 Anna Karenina, Part Three,
116 pages
Tuesday,
8.7 Anna Karenina, Parts Four and
Five, 198 pages
Thursday,
8.9 Anna Karenina, Part Six, 120
pages
Tuesday,
8.14 Finish Anna Karenina, 146 pages
Thursday, 8.16 "The Kreutzer Sonata"
Tuesday,
8.21 Term paper due.