RU3022
The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel
2016-2017
15
7
SCQF level 9
2
Academic year(s): 2016-2017
SCOTCAT credits : 15
ECTS credits : 7
Level : SCQF level 9
Semester: 2
Planned timetable:
The module is designed to build on the knowledge of Russian literature acquired at sub-honours level, and in particular to examine the genre of the novel as it developed in the nineteenth century. The most important writers of the period are studied, including works by Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. Historical and literary context is provided through consideration of the Slavophile / Westerniser debate and literary realism.