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ENGL 313 A: Modern European Literature in Translation

  • Winter 2023
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Meeting Time: 
TTh 3:30pm - 5:20pm
Location: 
KNE 110
SLN: 
14518
Joint Sections: 
CHID 270 A, GLITS 311 A, RUSS 120 A, C LIT 252 B, HONORS 241 A
Instructor:
Galya Diment
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Syllabus Description:

                             Winter 2023: RUSSIAN CRIME FICTION

               (FOR THE WEEK-BY-WEEK SYLLABUS, SEE "FILES")

From czars to comrades and to new Russians, it’s all about who is good,  who is evil, who is up, who is down, and, of course, who dunnit. All readings, lectures, and discussions are in English. Optional “W.”

 

                   Instructor: Professor Galya Diment

                             galya@uw.edu Office hours: TBA

                   TA: Svetlana Ostroverkhova, PhD Student, Slavic L&L

                            svostr@uw.edu Office hours: TBA

                   TA Stefana VUKADINOVICH, PhD Student, Slavic L&L

                        vukadino@uw.edu Office hours: TBA

                       

 

                           Required Books:

  1. Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment (Norton edition)
  2. Vladimir Nabokov, Despair
  3. Boris Akunin, Winter Queen
  4. Andrey Kurkov, Death and the Penguin

(Shorter works, including Anton Chekhov’s “Murder,” are available online)

 

                     FORMAT: LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS            

Catalog Description: 
Covers selected fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction (diaries, manifestos, etc.) in translation by European writers from the mid-19th century to the present. Considers questions of aesthetics, history, and form. Writers may include Bachmann, Baudelaire, Brecht, Celan, Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Ferrante, Flaubert, Ibsen, Jelinek, Kafka, Perec, Proust, Rilke, Tsvetaeva, and Undset.
GE Requirements: 
Arts and Humanities (A&H)
Credits: 
5.0
Status: 
Active
Last updated: 
September 27, 2022 - 6:55am
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