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Slavic General Introductory Courses

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SLAVGEN 13N. Russia and the Russian Experience

SLAVGEN 77Q. Russia's Weird Classic: Nikolai Gogol

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Stanford Introductory Seminars (IDS, ISF, ISS) Courses

SLAVGEN 13N. Russia and the Russian Experience

(F,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to freshmen. The political and cultural history of Russia and the Russians: prominent persons, prominent events, and how they shape current attitudes and society. Short works by Russian authors. GER:DB-Hum

3-4 units, Win (Schupbach, R)

SLAVGEN 77Q. Russia's Weird Classic: Nikolai Gogol

(S,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to sophomores. The work and life of Nikolai Gogol, the eccentric founder of Fantastic Realism. The relationship between romanticism and realism in Russian literature, and between popular Ukranian culture and high Russian and W. European traditions in Gogol's oeuvre. The impact of his work on 20th-century modernist literature, music, and art, including Nabokov, literature of the absurd, Shostakovich, Meyerhold, and Chagall. GER:DB-Hum

3-4 units, Aut (Fleishman, L)

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