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| | Online Course Synopsis Handbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | When the Soviet Union disintegrated in 1991, it seemed that a few years of economic, political, social, and cultural "shock therapy" would be sufficient to "cure" Russia and its periphery. |
 | | Readings include works of fiction by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Fyodor Abramov, Vasily Aksyonov, Chingiz Aitmatov, Vasily Shukshin, Valentin Rasputin, Yuri Trifonov, Venedikt Erofeyev, Mikhail Kuraev, Liudmila Petrushevskaya, as well as critical texts. |
 | | Grades are based on class presentations, discussion, a mid-term (take-home essay questions), a final exam (take-home essay questions), and a final paper (10 pages for undergraduates, 20 pages for gradautes). |
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