Course Outline

	A	B	C	D	E
	SF cultural studies		(Tuesday, 2-3, 5040)	(Wednesday, 2-3, 5086)	Friday, 1-2, 4053)
		reading class (Tues, 1-2)	seminar	lecture	lecture
1		Introduction and introductions (ALL)	the course blog (JW)	1. The “peripheral empire”: Russia as the other Europe (BA)	The rise of Russia as great power: Catherine II (BA)
2		history source (BA)	history seminar: Catherine and the enlightenment, the Pugachev rebellion (BA)	3. Russia, the French Revolution and the Holy Alliance (BA)	Despots and reforms: state and society in the first half of the 19th century (BA)
3		history source (BA)	history seminar: Political opposition and the decembrist movement (BA)	Introduction to Russian lyric poetry: metre, rhyme and stanza form (JD)	Introduction to Russian lyric poetry (2): language and style
4		reading class: Pushkin,       К *** ; Я вас любил… (JD)	literature seminar: Pushkin and Lermontov lyrics (JD)	Romanticism in Russia (JD)	Pushkin and Byronic Romanticism: Цыганы (JD)
5		reading class: Pushkin, Цыганы (JD)	lit seminar: Pushkin, Цыганы: Discuss the themes of freedom, nature and the exotic (JD)	Pushkin, ‘The Queen of Spades’: structure and design (JD)	Pushkin, ‘The Queen of Spades’: character, theme and genre  (JD)
6		reading class: Pushkin, “Пиковая дама” (JD)	literature seminar: The Queen of Spades:1. Pushkin’s treatment of female characters; 2. The theme of card-playing and fate   (JD)	Music in 19C Russia (1): the establishment of art music in Russia (JD)	Music in 19C Russia (2): song-settings of Pushkin’s lyric poetry (JD)
7		STUDY WEEK	STUDY WEEK	STUDY WEEK
8		Visual arts in 19C Russia (1): the history, role and functions of painting in 18C and early 19C Russia (JD)	Visual arts in 19C Russia (2): analysis of selected early 19C artworks (JD)	Lermontov, Hero of Our Time: Russia’s Arabia? The image of the South and the imperial discourse (JW)	Hero of Our Time: How does the image of the Other establish the Self? The image of Russia (JW)
9		reading class: Hero of Our Time (JW)	literature seminar: A Hero of our Time(JW)	Hero of Our Time:Is Bela Happy to be Captured? The feminist angle (JW)	Hero of Our Time: Who is Telling the Story? The narrative layers
10		reading class: Hero of Our Time (JW)	literature seminar: A Hero of our Time(JW)	Gogol’, “Шинель” (1): Gogol’ and the ‘Petersburg’ theme (JD)	Gogol’, “Шинель” (2):skaz narrative in Gogol’ (JD)
11		reading class: Gogol’, “Шинель” (1) (JD)	literature seminar: Gogol’, “Шинель” (1): comparison of  “Шинель” with G’s other Petersburg narratives (JD)	Gogol’, “Шинель” (3): Gogol’ and Belinksy: the ‘social’ responsibility of the writer (JD)	Gogol’, “Шинель” (4): The later influence of Gogol’s story (JD)
12		reading class: Gogol’,“Шинель” (2) (JD)	Film: Yurii Norshtein’s animated version of “Шинель” (JD)	Turgenev, Fathers and Sons: What is the Future for Russia? Competing versions of history (JW)	Turgenev, Fathers and Sons: What is a nihilist? The genealogy of Bazarov (JW)