| Unit name | Russian Prose Fiction of the Silver Age |
|---|---|
| Unit code | RUSSM0011 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Emeritus Professor. Basker |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Russian |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit explores the key works of Russian prose fiction of the 'modernist' period from the early 1890s to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Its main focus is the Symbolist novel, but attention will also be devoted to the development of kindred themes and techniques in shorter fictional forms. The unit evaluates the different approaches to the creation of multi-levelled, non-realist fictions that typify the intense cultural experimentation of the era, and identifies the recurrent social, psychological, religious and aesthetic preoccupations that unite its major exponents in their spiritual and intellectual quest for personal and national self-definition. Teaching is in weekly seminars, and the unit will be assessed by one essay of 5,000 words. Knowledge of Russian is desirable but not essential for this unit.
