NARRATIVE AND HISTORY

JSH300 Fall 2010

Alumni Hall 206

Wednesday 2-4



The Bronze Horseman

The Bronze Horseman, by Etienne Maurice Falconet, 1782


Professor Donna Tussing Orwin

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

415 Alumni Hall

Tel. 416-926-1300, ext. 316

donna.orwin@utoronto.ca

Office hours Monday 12-2 

Professor Alison Smith

Department of History

Sidney Smith Hall, rm. 2055

http://individual.utoronto.ca

alison.smith@utoronto.ca

Office hours Monday 2-4


History and literature were interconnected in nineteenth century Russia.  Literary figures not only sought to reflect the society around them, but were themselves often social critics and political figures.   In this course, we will read key works from the period both as literature and as primary sources for the historian. All texts will be in English.

Books to Purchase:

Required:

From Krishna Copy Shop at 180 Bloor St. W:  JSH300 ÔNarrative and HistoryÕ Reader (Professors D. Orwin and A. Smith)

From Bob Miller Book Room at 180 Bloor St. West: 

Alexander Pushkin. The CaptainÕs Daughter. Robert & Elizabeth Chandler, (Hesperus)

Nikolai Gogol. The Overcoat and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)

Gogol. Taras Bulba. Tr. Peter Constantine (Modern Library)

Recommended:

Margot Northey, Margaret Procter, WriterÕs Choice: A Portable Guide for Canadian Writers (Prentice-Hall)

Course Requirements:

1)    Two papers, c. 1000 words (20 percent each)

2)    Two in-class quizzes (10 percent each)

3)    Final Exam (30 percent)

4)    Attendance and Participation (10 percent)

Quizzes will last approximately 15 minutes, and are scheduled for October 6 and November 10.

Paper topics will be assigned by the instructors, and will be due on October 11 and November 22 via turnitin.com (see course policy on plagiarism and plagiarism detection, below).

The exam will consist primarily of a map identification exercise and short identifications.

Course Policies:

Films will be viewed at the Audio Visual Library on the 3rd floor of Robarts Library.  Those who cannot view the film at the assigned time will be expected to view it independently at the library or will rent a copy from a video store.

Late papers will be penalized 3 points for the first day, and 2 points for each subsequent day up to a total of 15 points subtracted from the grade.

No extensions will be granted after the due date for each paper.

Schedule

September 15                                                              INTRODUCTION

September 22                                                              ÒThe Overcoat,Ó Nikolai Gogol

September 29                                                              Boris Godunov, A. Pushkin

October 6 (First Quiz)                                                The CaptainÕs Daughter, Alexander Pushkin

October 11                                                                  FIRST PAPER DUE

October 13, 20                                                            Taras Bulba, Nikolai Gogol; and the 1962 American film based on the novel (to be viewed October 19

October 27, November 3                                            ÒThe Prisoner of the Caucasus,Ó A. Pushkin; ÒThe Prisoner of the Caucasus,Ó Leo Tolstoy; and the Soviet film of the same name (to be viewed November 2)

November 10(Second Quiz)                                       A Family Chronicle, Sergei Aksakov     

November 17                                                               ÒLady MacBeth from Mtsensk,Ó Nikolai Leskov

November 22                                                              SECOND PAPER DUE                    

November 24, Dec. 1                                                  ÒKhor and Kalinich,Ó ÒRaspberry Water,Ó and ÒDeath,Ó Ivan Turgenev; ÒIn the Ravine,Ó Anton Chekhov                                                                                                        

Accessibility

The University of Toronto is committed to accessibility. If you require accommodations for a disability, or have any accessibility concerns about the course, the classroom or course materials, please contact Accessibility Services as soon as possible: disability.services@utoronto.ca  or http://studentlife.utoronto.ca/accessibility.

Plagiarism

Make sure you are familiar with the rules regarding plagiarism and how to avoid it. You will find useful advice on this and many other aspects of written assignments on the university writing centreÕs web site:  http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/advise.html

See in particular the links to ÒHow Not to PlagiarizeÓ: http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/plagsep.html

and ÒStandard Documentation FormatsÓ: http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/document.html

Hard copies of these and other documents from the writing centre can be found in the university and college libraries.

Students agree that by taking this course all required papers may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism.  All submitted papers will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. The terms that apply to the UniversityÕs use of the Turnitin.com service are described on the Turnitin.com web site.