RUSSL 3389

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RUSSL 3389
The Revolutionary as Author: Autobiography and Political Myth

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In this course, we will read some of the most influential examples of a genre at the intersection of literature and history: the memoir of the revolutionary. Along the way, we will consider some of the fictional works (e.g. by Turgenev, Dostoevsky) that have been important in this nonfictional tradition, as well as poetry produced by the revolutionary currents we discuss. As we study the autobiographies of Russian, American, and German leftist political figures like Piotr Kropotkin, Emma Goldman, Ernst Toller, and Angela Davis, we will consider the literary methods these writers use to intertwine their own life stories with political history. How is life-writing a form of revolutionary self-fashioning? How have literary movements intersected with revolutionary writings? With special attention to the questions of gender, ethnicity, and race.

When Offered Spring.

Distribution Category (ALC-AS, HST-AS) (CA-AG, HA-AG, LA-AG)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 3389, ENGL 3989

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9536 RUSSL 3389   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Pinkham, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person