Russian 413
Twentieth-Century Russian Critical Theories
Full course for one semester. Examination of the main trends of
twentieth-century Russian literary criticism and theory, including
works produced by the Russian Formalist school, by linguistic and
structural criticism, and by Marxist and semiotic approaches to
literature and culture. The course will consider the origin and
development of different methodologies and will look at their
application to specific works of Russian and Western literature.
Readings will include works by Shklovsky, Eikhenbaum, Tynjanov,
Jakobson, Bakhtin, Lotman, and Ginzburg. Prerequisite: students who
wish to take the course for Russian credit must have completed
Russian 220 or obtain the consent of the instructor. Conference.
Cross-listed as Literature 413. Not offered 2005-06.
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