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Introduction to the Russian Novel

Unit Code: RUSS10035
Unit Director: Dr Ruth Coates
Teaching Block: One and Two
Unit length: 24 Weeks
Method of Assessment: Two 2000-word essays, one to be submitted by Week 12 of each Teaching Block. Essays submitted at the end of TB1 should be based on works studied in TB1, essays submitted at the end of TB2 on works studied in TB2.

Objectives

In this unit, we study the development of the modern Russian novel, from its beginnings in works by Pushkin, Lermontov and Gogol to its flowering in the work of Turgenev, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. Not all these writers will necessarily be covered each year, and some years we may trace the novel’s development further into the twentieth century.