RUSS 120 A: Topics in Russian Literary and Cultural History

                             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