BUI
301-004: Intellectual Crises in pre-Revolutionary
Fall
Semester 2006
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Instructor:
Andrew M. Drozd |
Office Hours:
1-2 M, 11-12 Th |
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Time:
12:30-1:45 TR |
Office: 210
B. B. Comer |
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Location:
Tuomey 102 |
Phone:
348-5720 |
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E-mail:
adrozd@bama.as.ua.edu |
TEXTS:
To Purchase:
Thomas
Riha, Readings in Russian Civilization,
Vol. 2 [R]; W. J. Leatherbarrow and D. C.
Offord, A Documentary History of Russian Thought [L
& O]; N. Gogol, Dead Souls;
A. Herzen, Who Is To Blame?; Ivan Turgenev,
Fathers and Sons; N. Chernyshevsky, What
Is To Be Done?; F. M. Dostoevsky, Notes from the
Underground; A. Bely, Petersburg; Vekhi;
John Bayley, ed., The
Portable Tolstoy; Diana Hacker, A Pocket Style Manual. Course packet.
On Gorgas Reserve: J.
Edie, Russian Philosophy [E];
T. Stavrou, Art and Culture in Nineteenth-Century
Russia; F. D. Reeve, An
Anthology of Russian Plays, Vol.
1; A. Pushkin, Eugene
Onegin; A. Pushkin, N. Gogol, Selected
Tales; Vladimir Markov and Merrill
Sparks. Modern Russian Poetry; V.S.
Soloviev. Politics, law, and morality.
Suggested Additional Readings (not required): Philip Pomper, The
Russian Revolutionary Intelligentsia; M. Lermontov, A
Hero of Our Time; I. Goncharov, Oblomov; F.
Sologub, The Petty Demon.
DESCRIPTION:
This course
will introduce the student to the major issues
of Russian intellectual history to 1917. Students will read the primary
materials in English translation and be expected to discuss these
materials
in-depth in class. Students are also expected write critical essays on
the
materials read, taking into account issues discussed in class. Although
the
essays are primarily intended to develop students' analytical skills, a
minimum
of good style is expected. The criteria for judging acceptable style
are found
in Diana Hacker, A Pocket Style Manual.
Special
Note: No knowledge of Russian is
required for this course.
GOALS:
1. Become familiar with the
basic facts and themes of Russian intellectual history before 1917.
2.
Understand how this legacy affects
REQUIREMENTS:
A written,
final exam (essay type) will be designed to have
the students synthesize the material they have read. Final Exam is
on Thursday,
Dec. 14, 11:30AM-2:00PM.
Writing
component: Four (4) critical essays (seven-eight
pages each) on the assigned reading material. The essays must be typed,
double-spaced with one-inch margins in size 12 Times New Roman font.
Attendance is
mandatory: five or more absences will result
in the lowering of your final grade by one full letter.
GRADING:
Grades will be based
on your final
exam, worth 25% of your final grade, the four essays, worth 50%, and
participation in class discussions, worth 25%. All course grades are
now given
on a +/- basis. For an explanation of the policy, see p. 20 of the Undergraduate Catalog.
Andrew M. Drozd