Introduction to the Russian Literature

Level: students of all levels are welcome.
Time: Tuesday 7 p.m. – 8.20 p.m. (except Tuesdays when Russian Cinema Club is screening a film)
Duration of the course: 8 classes.

During 8 classes we will discuss:

1. Alexander Pushkin – “our everything”. Poems, “Eugene Onegin” – encyclopedia of Russian life style, (1833).
    
2. Ivan Goncharov, “ Oblomov” , (1849).
    
3. Ivan Turgenev, “Fathers and Sons” , (1862).
    
4. Fyodor Dostoevsky, “Crime and Punishment” , (1866).
    
5. Leo Tolstoy, “War and Peace”, (1869).
    
6. Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”, (1936).
    
7. The Poets of Silver Age (Esenin, Mayakovsky, Akhmatova).
    
8. Boris Pasternak,“Doctor Zhivago” , (1956).
    

Each meeting includes

• information about the author and his creative work,
   
• reading of passages from the work of the lesson in original language with translation and comment,
   
• watching the episode from the film adaptation.
   

Participation fee: free of charge

Each workshop is designed as a separate class, so you can join any of them not attending others.

Venue: classroom of the Russian Language Center (B2, 1/F, Sincere Insurance Building, 4-6 Hennessy Road, Wanchai).
Instructors: Alexandra and Irina.
Enrolment: to enroll please write to 2teacher@rlc.hk. Please confirm your attendance with your Russian teacher in advance.
Commencement date: May, 11 (Tuesday)