This course is intended to provide an orientation in literary
studies at the graduate level in Russian and Slavic literatures.
Readings will provide an introduction to important critical
movements in the twentieth century, particularly those that
originated in Slavic cultures and have been most important in the
study of Russian and other Slavic literatures (Russian Formalism,
Prague Structuralism, Soviet Structuralism, Bakhtin and others);
parallel and related movements in other critical traditions will
also be considered. Practical components of the course will focus on
library resources, basic analysis of texts, and other topics.

Requirements: three papers of various length, presentation and
discussion.