Course Details
Course offered Autumn 2021
HONORS 240 A: Russia's Big Books (A&H, W)
HONORS 240 A: Russia's Big Books (A&H, W)
SLN 16402 (View UW registration info »)
Office: A219 Padelford Hall, Box 354335
Phone: 206-543-6848
Email: galya@uw.edu
Credits: 5
Limit: 15 students
Honors students will be expected to engage more throughly (3-4 pages) on exam essay prompts.
The Russia’s Big Books courses study one big/epic novel by the titans of Russian literature per quarter. Includes such novels as Tolstoy’s War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov, Goncharov’s Oblomov, Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita, Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago, and Nabokov’s Ada. All readings are in English.
Honors students will complete an extended midterm and complete additional final write-ups/papers. Reflective reports will also be an optional component for Honors students.