Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0003600, Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:14:50 -0800

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Re: Spring: A Course on Nabokov (fwd)
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EDITOR's NOTE. Galya Diment <galya@u.washington.edu> is co-editor of
NABOKV-L, author of PNINIAD, and many other VN publications.
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> > RUSS 430A: MAJOR AUTHORS: NABOKOV Instructor: Diment
> > SLN: 6726 MTWTh 12:30-1:20 VLPA 5 credits
> >
> Vladimir Nabokov was born on April 23, 1899, and we are happy to offer a
> course on Nabokov in the Spring of 1999 to celebrate his centennial. The
> course will feature several of his Russian novels (read in English or,
> by those who can, in the original) which Nabokov wrote in Berlin and Paris
> from 1925 through 1937. It will also include two of his English
> novels, his short stories, essays, and his autobiography, Speak,
> Memory, published first, in English, in 1951 under the title Conclusive
> Evidence.

> The requirements will vary: Those enrolled in Russian 430/C LIT 496B
> will have a midterm and a ten-page paper at the end. Those enrolled in
> Russian 543 will be required to write a 15-20 page research paper at the
> end of the quarter.

> Readings: Mary
> The Defense
> The Gift
> Invitation to a Beheading
> Bend Sinister
> Speak, Memory
> Pnin
> Collected Short Stories