Unit information: Tolstoy in 2012/13

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Unit name Tolstoy
Unit code RUSS20036
Credit points 20
Level of study I/5
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director Dr. Coates
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

none

Co-requisites

none

School/department Department of Russian
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

A thorough examination in weekly classes of some of the major works of Tolstoy, including the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, and a selection of short stories, with due reference to historical and social background, thematic concerns of the novelist, and questions of form.