Status
O
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Tolstoy
Term
2019A
Subject area
COML
Section number only
401
Section ID
COML204401
Course number integer
204
Registration notes
Benjamin Franklin Seminars
All Readings and Lectures in English
All Readings and Lectures in English
Meeting times
TR 03:00 PM-04:30 PM
Meeting location
WILL 4
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
D. Brian Kim
Description
This course consists of three parts. The first, How to read Tolstoy? deals with Tolstoys artistic stimuli, favorite devices, and narrative strategies. The second, Tolstoy at War, explores the authors provocative visions of war, gender, sex, art, social institutions, death, and religion. The emphasis is placed here on the role of a written word in Tolstoys search for truth and power. The third and the largest section is a close reading of Tolstoys masterwork The War and Peace (1863-68) a quintessence of both his artistic method and philosophical insights.
Course number only
204
Cross listings
RUSS202401
Use local description
No