TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE
Topic 1 – Analysis of Soviet Humanism Nine Days of One Year
Topic 2 - Analysis of Irony of Fate and portrayal of Soviet reality
Topic 3 – Golden Age of Russian Literature; Analysis of selected works from the masters of Russian Literature: Nikolai Gogol and Anton Chekov
Topic 4 – Age of the New Man in Russian Fantasy; Analysis of fact vs. fiction in Mikhail Bulgakov’s Dog’s Heart
Topic 5 - Elements of Poetry and the Russian Soul
Topic 6 - Investigative Journalism: “Voices from Chernobyl” – Svetlana Alexievich
Topic 7 - Introduction to Post Modernism – “Omon Ra” - Victor Pelevin