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ENGL 300 A: Reading Major Texts

  • Autumn 2021
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Meeting Time: 
TTh 12:30pm - 2:20pm
Location: 
PAA A114
SLN: 
14852
Joint Sections: 
CHID 495 A, HONORS 240 A, C LIT 362 A, RUSS 340 A, RUSS 543 A
Instructor:
Galya Diment
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Syllabus Description:

For a longer syllabus, see "Files." Please be mindful that there are different sections (Russ, Engl, Honors, CompLit) but it is all the same course and it also offers an optional "W" credit.

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AUTUMN 2021: WAR AND PEACE

        INSTRUCTOR: PROFESSOR GALYA DIMENT

                                                                               

There is no “bigger” book than Tolstoy’s War and Peace, which we will be reading and analyzing in the Autumn Quarter of 2021. We will explore the historical times during which it was written as well as the Napoleonic Wars within which Tolstoy places his novel. The course will also examine the cultural and social milieu that produced the novel and examine critical literature that focuses on it. Optional “W.”

 

REQUIRED READINGS (ALL AT UW BOOKSTORE):

 

LEO TOLSTOY, WAR AND PEACE (NORTON CRITICAL EDITION)

ORLANDO FIGES, NATASHA’S DANCE: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF RUSSIA

GREGORY FREEZE, RUSSIA: A HISTORY

DOMINIC LIEVEN, RUSSIA AGAINST NAPOLEON: THE TRUE STORY OF THE

     CAMPAIGNS OF WAR AND PEACE

RICK MCPEAK & DONNA TUSSING ORWIN, TOLSTOY ON WAR: NARRATIVE

     ART AND HISTORICAL TRUTH IN "WAR AND PEACE"

DONNA TUSSING ORWIN, THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO TOLSTOY

Catalog Description: 
Intensive examination of one or a few major works of literature that have stood the test of time. Classroom work to develop skills of careful and critical reading. Readings consist of major works by significant pre-contemporary authors and of selected supplementary materials. Offered: AWSp.
GE Requirements: 
Arts and Humanities (A&H)
Credits: 
5.0
Status: 
Active
Last updated: 
April 19, 2022 - 6:23am
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