Schedule of Classes & Readings

*All readings are to be completed by the day assigned.

Week 1
Monday, May 19 Introduction to the Course: Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Bulgakov

Tuesday, May 20 Mini-Lecture: Russian Literature before Tolstoy

Wednesday, May 21 Reading: War and Peace, Book 1, pp. 3-114.
Mini-Lecture: The Napoleonic Wars on the Eastern Front

Thursday, May 22 Reading: War and Peace, Book 2, pp. 117-213.
Mini-Lecture: The Russian Gentry at its Apex

Week 2
Monday, May 26 Memorial Day Holiday - No Class

Tuesday, May 27 Reading: War and Peace, Book 3 & 4, pp. 217-373.

Wednesday, May 28 Mini-Lecture: Tolstoy's Discourse Style

Thursday, May 29 Reading: War and Peace, Book 5, pp. 377-453.

Week 3
Monday, June 2 Reading: War and Peace, Book 6, pp. 457-534 & pp. 1395-1415.
Mini-Lecture: Structural Features of War and Peace

Tuesday, June 3 Reading: War and Peace, Book 7, pp. 537-588

Wednesday, June 4 Mini-Lecture: Masters and Peasants
*In-class writing assignment. Discussion of Paper #1 topics.

Thursday, June 5 Reading: War and Peace, Book 8, pp. 591-664

Week 4
Monday, June 9 Reading: War and Peace, Book 9, p. 667-757
*Proposal for Paper #1 Due

Tuesday, June 10 Reading: War and Peace, Book 10, 761-914
Mini-Lecture: Men and Women in War and Peace

Wednesday, June 11 Reading: War and Peace, Book 11, pp. 917-1034.

Thursday, June 12 Reading: War and Peace, Book 12 & 13, pp. 1037-1141.

Week 5
Monday, June 16 Reading: War and Peace, Books 14 & 15, pp. 1145-1250.

Tuesday, June 17 Reading: War and Peace, Epilogues 1 & 2, pp. 1253-1351.
Mini-Lecture: Freedom or Determinism?

Wednesday, June 18 Mini-Lecture: Structure of The Brothers Karamazov