Fall 2025 Russian UN3220 section 001

LITERATURE & EMPIRE (19C LIT)

LITERATURE & EMPIRE (19C

Call Number 00381
Day, Time & Location View Class Schedule & Location in Vergil
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor John C Wright
Type LECTURE
Course Description Explores the aesthetic and formal developments in Russian prose, especially the rise of the monumental 19th-century novel, as one manifestation of a complex array of national and cultural aspirations, humanistic and imperialist ones alike. Works by Pushkin, Lermonotov, Gogol, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov. Knowledge of Russian not required.
Department Slavic Languages @Barnard
Enrollment 37 students (44 max) as of 6:05PM Thursday, May 21, 2026
Subject Russian
Number UN3220
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Section key 20253RUSS3220V001