20th Century Russian Short Stories
This course was available in the past and may be presented again as part of the Open Enrollment curriculum.
Twentieth-century Russian fiction writers are unique; they risked their lives to compose literature in defiance of totalitarian regimes, secret police networks, and concentration camps. Through originality, masterly prose, imagination, pathos, comedy, and irony, their stories miraculously illuminate the deepest recesses of the human condition. In this course, students will read, among others, Vladimir Voinovich, Ivan Bunin, and Leonid Andreyev—and discussions will spark deep appreciation for Frida Kahlo's famous epigram: “At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.”
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