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:
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment (Norton edition)
- Vladimir Nabokov, Despair
- Boris Akunin, Winter Queen
- Andrey Kurkov, Death and the Penguin
(Shorter works, including Anton Chekhov’s “Murder,” are available online)
FORMAT: LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS