Monday, June 22

Class:

1. 1.Turn in Response journal No. 5.
   

2. 2.Quiz No. 4 on “The Overcoat.”
   

3. 3.Lecture on Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol.
   

4. 4.Class discussion of “The Overcoat.”
   

5. 5.Lecture on Russian music.
   

Assignment for Wednesday:

1. 1.Read "Death of Ivan Ilych," by Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy.  Here’s a second English translation of “Death of Ivan Ilych.”  Текст по-русски: Смерть Ивана Ильича.  This is a long short story.
   

2. 2.There will be a quiz on the short story at the beginning of the next class.

Wednesday, June 24 

Class:

1. 1.Take Quiz No. 5 on “Death of Ivan Ilych.”
   

2. 2.Lecture on Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy.
   

3. 3.Pick up Exam No. 2 preparation sheet.
   

Assignment for Friday:

1. 1.Read Dostoevksy’s “Gentle Spirit” in English translation.  Here is a second translation in English; also in Russian  (Кроткая).
   

2. 2.There will be a quiz on this Dostoevsky short story.
   

Friday, June 26 

Class:

1. 1.Take Quiz No. 6 on “Gentle Spirit.”
   

2. 2.Lecture on Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky.
   

3. 3.Class discussion of “Gentle Spirit.”
   

Assignment for Monday:

1. Read ch. 20, Land of the Firebird, the part about Russian art.

2. 2.Do online Russian art assignment.  View these websites on Russian art:
   

        - Icons (Read “History and Meaning of Orthodox Christian Ikons” - focus on information about Russian icons.)

        - 18th-century art

        - The Wanderers (Передвижники)

        - Early 20th-century art

        - Socialist realism

3. 3.Begin learning these works of Russian art for the second exam.
   

4. 4.Read ch. 24-26 of Land of the Firebird.  There will be a quiz on ch. 24-26.
   

5. 5.Response journal No. 6.  Minimum 100 words by the beginning of next class in response to this question:  Which writer do you prefer - Tolstoy or Dostoevsky?