Russian Studies

Russian Studies EK 71
Spragins
Fall 2011
3rd Period EVEN Days; Drop Down Day 1

Room GC 202
Office Hours 2:15-3:30 p.m. (daily)
jspragins@gilman.edu
(410) 828-5212

Fall Outline

Falconet's Statue of Peter the Great (1788) (painting by Vasily Ivanovich Surikov)

Historical Overview: Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great and Catherine the Great

Alexander Alexeieff, color wood engraving for Pushkin's The Queen of Spades (London, Blackamore Press, 1923)

Radischev, Pushkin and Gogol

The Coast of Utopia (2001) by Tom Stoppard

Pavlishchev Bor was built in the 18th century and owned by the Stepanovs family of Arkhangelsk, Russia

Fathers and Sons (1862) by Ivan Turgenev

Crime and Punishment (1865) by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Gay. Portrait of Leo Tolstoy. 1884.

The Death of Ivan Ilych (1882) by Lev Tolstoy

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)

Chekhov, Selected Short Stories: "Peasants" (1897); "The Darling" (1899); "In the Ravine" (1900)

Month

Day

Cycle Day

Day

Assignment

09/

Day 0

Tues

Faculty Meetings

09/

Day 0

Wed.

Mini- Schedule

Course Description
Course Texts

Homework:

09/

Day 1

Thurs.

4th Period

Overview Lecture (powerpoint) (notes) (August H. Notes)

Homework:

Ivan the Terrible (Reading Guide)

09/

Day 2

Fri..

Ivan the Terrible (Reading Guide) (quiz) (notes)
(Repin, Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan: November 16, 1581 (1885))

Homework:

Peter the Great (Encarta Encyclopedia entry)
Oliva (Reading Guide)

09/

Day 3

Mon.

09/

Day 4

Tues.

St. Petersburg (1760)

Peter the Great (Riasanovsky )
(Surikov, Morning of the Streltsy's Execution (1881) high def image)
Oliva (Reading Guide) (notes) (quiz)

Homework:

Peter v Shcherbatov: Zitser (Reading Guide)

09/

Day 5

Wed.

09/

Day 6

Thurs.

Peter vs. Shcherbatov: Zitser (Reading Guide) (quiz) (notes)

Homework:

Catherine the Great (Reading Guide)

09/

Day 7

Fri.

09/

Day 8

Mon.

Catherine the Great (Reading Guide) (quiz) (notes)
Enlightened Despotism (and its limits)
Overextending an Empire? (map)

Homework:

Radishchev, "Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow" (1790); Lally’s Journey; (Reading Guide)

09/

Day 9

Tues.

09/

Day 10

Wed.

Radishchev, "Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow" (1790); Lally’s Journey; (Reading Guide) (quiz) (notes)

Homework:

History Test:

Choose one of the following historical theories (or a combination of them) to explain how Russia had become capable by 1812 of defeating Napoleon's armies:

Liberal
Statist
Slavophile

09/

Day 1

Thurs.

4th Period

History Test

Homework:

Pushkin, "The Queen of Spades" (1834) (introduction)

09/

Day 2

Fri

Class Day

Russia Map Exercise: Blank Map (Russia Map Resources) (Russia Expansion)

09/

Day 3

Mon.

09/

Day 4

Tues.

19^th Century Overview: Part One; Part Two (notes)
Pushkin, "The Queen of Spades" (1834) (introduction) (discussion) (quiz) (kviz)

Homework:

Pushkin, "The Bronze Horseman" (1833) (illustration) (Essay Topic)

09/

Day 5

Wed.

09/

Day 0

Thurs.

Rosh Hoshanah

09/

Day 6

Fri.

Pushkin, "The Bronze Horseman" (1833) (illustration) (discussion) (Essay Topic) (kviz)

Homework:

Gogol, "The Overcoat " (1842) (study guide) (discussion) (film clip)

10/

Day 7

Mon.

10/

Day 8

Tues.

Gogol, "The Overcoat " (1842) (study guide) (discussion) (quiz)

Discussion:

Homework:

Belinsky, "Letter to Gogol” (1847) (Discussion) (Essay Topic)

10/

Day 9

Wed.

10/

Day 10

Thurs.

Belinsky, "Letter to Gogol” (1847) (Discussion) (Essay Topic) (quiz)

Homework:

Pushkin/Gogol Paper

10/

Day 1

Fri.

4th Period

Pushkin/Gogol Paper due

Homework:

Berlin, The Birth of the Russian Intelligentsia

10/

Day 2

Mon.

Aivazovsky, The Ninth Wave,
(1850) (super detail)

Introduction to The Coast of Utopia:

19^th Century Overview: 1833-1866 Part One; Part Two (notes)
Stoppard, "The Forgotten Revoluionary" Guardian 6-2-2002
The Sequence of Event in 'Voyage'
Berlin, The Birth of the Russian Intelligentsia
German Idealism: Kant, Schelling, Schiller, Fichte, Hegel

Homework:

Stoppard, The Coast of Utopia: Part One 'Voyage', Act One (Study Guide)

10/

Day 3

Tues.

10/

Day 4

Wed

The Coast of Utopia, 'Voyage' Act I

Stoppard, The Coast of Utopia: Part One 'Voyage', Act On

Homework:

Stoppard, The Coast of Utopia: Part One 'Voyage', Act Two (Study Guide);
Also, glance through Peter Chaadaev's Philosophical Letters (1835) and Apology of a Madman (1837) and read the sections I have bolded. His ideas epitomize the Westernizers creed after the Decembrist revolt.

10/

Day 5

Thurs.

10/

Day 6

Fri.

The Coast of Utopia: Part One 'Voyage', Act Two

Stoppard, The Coast of Utopia: Part One 'Voyage', Act Two
Study Guide
The Sequence of Event in 'Voyage'

Peter Chaadaev, from Philosophical Letters (1835) and Apology of a Madman (1837)

Homework:

Stoppard, The Coast of Utopia: Part Two 'Shipwreck' Act One (Study Guide)
Check the Wikipedia entry on the Revolutions of 1848 as well.

10/

Day 7

Mon.

Day 8

Tues.

The Coast of Utopia: Part Two 'Shipwreck', Act One

Stoppard, The Coast of Utopia: Part Two 'Shipwreck' Act One (Study Guide)
Check the Wikipedia entry on the Revolutions of 1848.
For notes on the Utopian Socialists: Saint-Simon, Fourier, and Owen, see Early Socialism: New Possibilities for Society.

Homework:

Stoppard, The Coast of Utopia: Part Two 'Shipwreck' Act Two (Study Guide)

10/

Day 9

Wed.

10/

Day 10

Thurs.

The Coast of Utopia: Part Two 'Shipwreck', Act Two

Stoppard, The Coast of Utopia: Part Two 'Shipwreck' Act Two
(Study Guide) (NOTES)

Isaiah Berlin on Herzen: "The Great Amateur" NYRB 3-14-68

Homework:

Stoppard, The Coast of Utopia: Part Three 'Salvage' Act One (Study Guide)

10/

Day 1

Fri.

4th Period

The Coast of Utopia: Part Three 'Salvage', Act One

Stoppard, The Coast of Utopia: Part Three 'Salvage' Act One Study Guide

Homework:

Stoppard, The Coast of Utopia: Part Three 'Salvage' Act Two

10/

Day 2

Mon.

The Coast of Utopia: Part Three 'Salvage', Act Two

Stoppard, The Coast of Utopia: Part Three 'Salvage' Act Two (Study Guide)

Homework:

The Coast of Utopia Essay

10/

Day 3

Tues.

10/

Day 4

Wed.

Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883)

The Coast of Utopia Essay due at 3:3

Turgenev, "A Country Doctor" from The Hunting Sketches (1855) (Discussion)

Homework:

Turgenev, Fathers & Sons, Chapters 1-10 (Study Guide) (discussion)

For further reading:

Dobrulyubov, "What is Oblomovism?" (1859) (pdf)
Herzen, “The Superfluous and the Bilious” (1860)
Chernyeshevsky, What is to be Done (1863)

10/

Day 5

Thurs.

10/

Day 6

Fri.

1/2 Day Classes

Pavlishchev Bor was built in the 18th century

"Autumn" Mariia Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva (1858-1884)

Turgenev, Fathers & Sons, Chapters 1-10 (Study Guide) (Discussion 1)

Homework:

Turgenev, Fathers & Sons, Chapters 11-18

10/

Day 0

Mon.

AIMS Conference

11/

Day 7

Tues.

11/

Day 8

Wed.

"Spring Flood" (1897) Isaak Levitan

Turgenev, Fathers & Sons, Chapters 11-18 (Discussion 2)

Homework:

Turgenev, Fathers & Sons, Chapters 19-28 (Essay Assignment)

11/

Day 9

Thurs.

11/

Day 10

Fri.

"The Prose of Life" Baksheev

Turgenev, Fathers & Sons, Chapters 1-10 (Discussion 1)
Turgenev, Fathers & Sons, Chapters 11-18 (Discussion 2)
Turgenev, Fathers & Sons, Chapters 19-28 (Discussion 3)
(Essay Assignment)

Homework:

Turgenev Essay

11/

Day 1

Mon.

4th Period

Turgenev, Fathers & Sons, Chapters 19-28 (Discussion 3) (Essay Assignment)

Homework:

Turgenev Essay due by 3:30 pm

11/

Day 2

Tues.

Perov, Portrait of the Author Feodor Dostoyevsky (1872)

Turgenev Essay due by 3:30 pm

Introduction to Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment

Dostoevsky, "The Parable of the Grand Inquisitor" (1879) (Lesson Plan)

Homework:

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, part one; Chapters 1-4

11/

Day 3

Wed

11/

Day 4

Thurs.

The Haymarket District in St. Petursburg, the poorest district in the city. (Mapping St. Petersburg: Crime and Punishment part one)

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, part one Chapters 1-4 (discussion)

Homework:

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, part one Chapters 5- 7; Part Two Chapter 1

The Haymarket: Conditions in 1866 (Center Stage)

11/

Day 5

Fri.

11/

Day 6

Mon.

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, part one

Chapter One: The Threshold
Chapter Two:  Marmeladov’s Aria
Chapter Three: Pulcheria’s Letter
Chapter Four:  Raskolnikov Rejects Dounia’s Sacrifice
Chapter Five: Raskolnikov’s Terrible Dream
Chapter Six:  The Idea of Murder
Chapter Seven: Across the Threshold

Homework:

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, part two

11/

Day 7

Tues.

11/

Day 8

Wed.

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, part two

Chapter 1: The Police Station
Chapter 2: Wandering to Razumikhin’s Apartment
Chapter 3: Fever Dreams
Chapter 4: Zosimov and Razumikhin Theorize About the Crime
Chapter 5: Luzhin, the Liberal Suitor
Chapter 6: Haymarket Nocturne: Zametov, The Suicide Attempt, and Raskolnikov’s Return to the Scene of the Crime
Chapter 7: Marmeladov’s Death and Raskolnikov’s Gift

Homework:

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, part two

11/

Day 9

Thurs.

11/

Day 10

Fri.

Sonia Marmeladov

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, part two

Chapter 1: The Police Station
Chapter 2: Wandering to Razumikhin’s Apartment
Chapter 3: Fever Dreams
Chapter 4: Zosimov and Razumikhin Theorize About the Crime
Chapter 5: Luzhin, the Liberal Suitor
Chapter 6: Haymarket Nocturne: Zametov, The Suicide Attempt, and Raskolnikov’s Return to the Scene of the Crime
Chapter 7: Marmeladov’s Death and Raskolnikov’s Gift

Homework:

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, part three: chapters 1-4 (197-248)

11/

Day 1

Mon.

4th Period

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, part three

Chapter 1: Razumikhin in Love
Chapter 2: St. Petersburg Parlor Game
Chapter 3: On the Limits of Individual Autonomy
Chapter 4: Sonia’s Entrance
Chapter 5: Raskolnikov’s 1st Interview with Porfiry Petrovich
Chapter 6: Raskolnikov on the Slippery Slope

Homework:

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, part three
Chapters 5 and 6

11/

Day 2

Tues.

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, part three

Chapter 1: Razumikhin in Love
Chapter 2: St. Petersburg Parlor Game
Chapter 3: On the Limits of Individual Autonomy
Chapter 4: Sonia’s Entrance
Chapter 5: Raskolnikov’s 1st Interview with Porfiry Petrovich
Chapter 6: Raskolnikov on the Slippery Slope
Chapter 5: Raskolnikov’s 1st Interview with Porfiry Petrovich
Chapter 6: Raskolnikov on the Slippery Slope

Homework:

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, part four 281-358

11/

Day 0

Wed

Thanksgiving Break

11/

Day 3

Mon.

11/

Day 4

Tues.

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, part four 281-358

Chapter 1: Svidrigaylov's Gambit
Chapter 2: The Showdown With Luzhin
Chapter 3: Razumikhin's Plan
Chapter 4: Sonia's Room: The Raising of Lazarus
Chapter 5: The Final Test
Chapter 6: Nikolay, the House Painter

Homework:

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, part five 261-438

11/

Day 5

Wed..

12/

Day 6

Thurs.

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, part five

Chapter 1: Lebeziatnikov's Commune (261-378)
Chapter 2: Katerina Ivanovna's Funeral Party (378-391)
Chapter 3: Luzhin's Accusation (391-405)
Chapter 4: Raskolnikov's Confession to Sonia (405-422)
Chapter 5: Katerina Ivanovna's Hemmorhage (422-436)

Homework:

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, part six (437-531)

12/

Day 7

Fri.

12/

Day 8

Mon.

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, part six

Chapter 1: Air, Air, Air, sir... (439-448)
Chapter 2: Porfiry's Plea Bargain (448-462)
Chapter 3: Svidrigaylov's Option (462-472)
Chapter 4: Svidrigaylov's Confession (472-483)
Chapter 5: Svidrigaylov's Play for Dunia's Love (483-497)
Chapter 6: The Neva Rising (498-511)
Chapter 7: Raskolnikov's Farewells (511-520)
Chapter 8: Raskolnikov Kneels in the Haymarket (521-31)

Epilogue: Lazarus Raised (532-551)

Homework:

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, part six and epilogue (437-551)

12/

Day 9

Tues.

12/

Day 10

Wed.

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, part six

Chapter 1: Air, Air, Air, sir... (439-448)
Chapter 2: Porfiry's Plea Bargain (448-462)
Chapter 3: Svidrigaylov's Option (462-472)
Chapter 4: Svidrigaylov's Confession (472-483)
Chapter 5: Svidrigaylov's Play for Dunia's Love (483-497)
Chapter 6: The Neva Rising (498-511)
Chapter 7: Raskolnikov's Farewells (511-520)
Chapter 8: Raskolnikov Kneels in the Haymarket (521-31)

Epilogue: Lazarus Raised (532-551)

Homework:

Dostoevsky Essay due Friday 3:30 p.m.

12/

Day 1

Thurs.

4th Period

Essay Workshop

Homework:

Dostoevsky Essay due Friday 3:30 p.m.

12/

Day 2

Fri.

Sergei Nechaev (1847-1882)

The Case of Vera Zasulich (1878) Friend of Nechaev, in 1877 Vera Zasulich shot the police chief of St. Petersburg in reprisal for his beating of a political prisoner in custody in the Peter and Paul Prison. In 1878, she was tried for the crime and acquitted (!)

Nechaev, "Catechism of a Revolutionist" (1869)

Aileen Kelly, “Mr. Possessed” (on Sergei Nechaev) (1981)

Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych (1882)

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy b. Aug. 28, 1828; d. Nov. 7, 1910

Homework:

Read Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych (1886) (chapters one to five) (pp. 35-92)

12/

Day 3

Mon.

12/

Day 4

Tues.

Gay. Portrait of Leo Tolstoy. 1884.

Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych (1886) (Notes)

Chapter One: Ivan Ilych's Funeral (35-48) (Notes)
Chapter Two: Ivan's Youth and Early Adulthood (49-60) (Notes)
Chapter Three: The Crisis of Ivan's Career (61-71) (Notes)
Chapter Four: The Descent (73-83) (Notes)
Chapter Five: Recognition (85-92) (Notes)
Chapter Six: Memory (93-97) (Notes)
Chapter Seven: Comfort (98-105) (Notes)
Chapter Eight: A Day in the Death (107-116) (Notes)
Chapter Nine: Opium Dream (117- 120) (Notes)
Chapter Ten: Answers (121-124) (Notes)
Chapter Eleven: Moral Agony (126-129) (Notes)
Chapter Twelve: Death Throes (130-133) (Notes)

Homework:

Read Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych (1886) (chapters six to twelve) (pp. 93- 134)

12/

Day 5

Wed.

12/

Day 6

Thurs.

Homework:

Chekhov, "Peasants" (1897) (Biographical Sketch) (Notes)

12/

Day 7

Fri.

1/2 Day

12/

Day 0

Sat.

Holiday Break

Day 0

Mon.

Holiday Break

Day 8

Tues.

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)

Chekhov, "Peasants" (1897) (Biographical Sketch) (Notes)

Homework:

Chekhov, "The Darling" (1899)

Day 9

Wed

Day 10

Thurs.

Russian Peasant Village

19^th Century Overview: Part Two (notes)

Pobedonotsev, The Ideologist of Russian Reaction (1898)
Pobedonostsev, Reflections of a Russian Statesman

Chekhov, "Peasants" (1897) (Notes)

Homework:

Chekhov, In the Ravine (1900)

Day 1

Fri.

4th Period

Chekhov, "The Darling" (1899) (Notes)

Homework:

Chekhov, In the Ravine (1900)

Day 2

Mon.

Chekhov, In the Ravine (1900)

Homework:

Essay on Tolstoy and Chekhov

Day 3

Tues.

Day 4

Wed

Essay on Tolstoy and Chekhov

Homework:

Final Project: Essay on Chekhov and Tolstoy

Day 5

Thurs.

Day 6

Fri.

Reading Day

Final Project: Essay on Chekhov

Homework:

Day 0

Mon.

School Closed (MLK Day)

Day 7

Tues.

EXAMS

Day 5

Wed

EXAMS

Day 6

Thurs.

EXAMS

Day 7

Fri.

EXAMS

Day 8

Mon.

EXAMS Make Up Day

Day 9

Tues.

US Second Semester Begins

Day 10

Wed

Grades/Comments Due