RUSS 3510  Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature: Devils and Doubles

This course will examine many famous works of nineteenth-century Russian literature, with a particular focus on the way Russia's writers have used character doubles and images of the demonic to illustrate their exploration of issues of class, gender, and identity, both personal and national.  Works to be read include selected short stories by NikolaiGogol ("The Nose," "The Overcoat"), The Tales of Belkin by Alexander Pushkin, A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov, The Double and The Devils by Fyodor Dostoevsky, “First Love” by Ivan Turgenev, "The Devil" and “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” by Leo Tolstoy, and The Seagull by Anton Chekhov.  All readings are in English.