CHID 270 A: Special Topics

Winter 2023
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Meeting:
TTh 3:30pm - 5:20pm / KNE 110
SLN:
12523
Section Type:
Seminar
Joint Sections:
GLITS 311 A , RUSS 120 A , C LIT 252 B , HONORS 241 A , ENGL 313 A
Instructors:
Galya Diment
SVETLANA OSTROVERKHOVA
Stef Vukadinovich
TOPICS IN RUSSIAN LITERARY AND CULTURAL HISTORY: RUSSIAN CRIME FICTION ___ FROM CZARS TO COMRADES AND TO NEW RUSSIANS, IT'S ALL ABOUT WHO IS GOOD, WHO IS EVIL, WHO IS UP, WHO I DOWN, AND OF COURSE, WHO DUNNIT. AL READINGS, LECTURES, AND DISCUSSIONS ARE IN ENGLISH.
Syllabus Description (from Canvas):

                             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:
Each special topics course examines a different subject or problem from a comparative framework.
GE Requirements Met:
Social Sciences (SSc)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
May 2, 2024 - 10:24 pm