Offers surveys of vital currents in Russian literature and culture in English translation. Course may be taken multiple times for credit if topics are different. Topic for Spring 2021: Women in Russian Literature: Past and Present. Explores the role of women as creators and characters of Russian literature across genres and historical periods, from medieval legends to leading authors of the Soviet period (Akhmatova, Ginzburg) to the luminary writers of today, including Ulitskaya, Petrushevskaya and Alekseevich.