BASIC PROGRAM of LIBERAL EDUCATION FOR ADULTS Winter, 2017 Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina COURSE INFORMATION CODE & SECTION LENGTH OF COURSE BASC 50082‐ 17W1 10 WEEKS INSTRUCTOR : Clare Pearson CLASS LOCATION EMAIL: [email protected] Gleacher Center 450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive Chicago IL 60611 GRAHAM SCHOOL INFORMATION PHONE: 773.702.1722 WEBSITE: https://grahamschool.uchicago.edu COURSE TITLE Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina COURSE SCHEDULE DAYS: Thursdays TIMES: 10am‐1:15 PM (Feb 16th class will end at noon) PREREQUISITES: None ATTENDANCE POLICY Students should register before the course begins. In order to earn a certificate, students should attend at least 6 classes of each regular Basic Program course. (For Alumni/Open to All classes omit as needed) COURSE DESCRIPTION Tolstoy considered Anna Karenina his only true novel. Deeply influenced by George Eliot’s Middlemarch, Anna Karenina counterpoints the classically tragic story of Anna, struggling against the bonds of her stultifying marriage in the face of her first experience of deep passion, with that of Levin, whose ostensibly happier story is no less a struggle to find deeper meaning in the ordinariness of everyday life and relationships. We will read the novel closely, exploring Tolstoy’s characters, discussing the individual stories and the nuances of their juxtapositions, using the Pevear & Volokhonsky translation. Please read Part 1 for the first class. REQUIRED TEXTS 1. Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina. –translated by Ricard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky. Penguin Classics, ISBN 978‐
0143035008. THE GRAHAM SCHOOL OF CONTINUING LIBERAL AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES ‐ UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY READING SCHEDULE WEEK Author TEXT/READING ASSIGNMENT Week 1 Date: Jan 12 Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Part 1 Week 2 Date: Jan 19 Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Part 1 & Part 2 Week 3 Date: Jan 26 Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Part 2 Week 4 Date: Feb 2 Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Part 3 Week 5 Date: Feb 9 Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Part 3 & Part 4 Week 6 Date: Feb 16 Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Part 4 & Part 5 Week 7 Date: Feb 23 Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Part 5 & Part 6
Week 8 Date: March 2 Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Part 6 & Part 7 Week 9 Date: March 9 Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Part 7 & Part 8 Week 10 Date: March 16 Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Part 8 This syllabus is a summary of course objectives and content, not a contract. All information in this syllabus is subject to change, with sufficient advance notice provided by the instructor. CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE As we may be addressing controversial topics in our class discussions, we expect students to be respectful and considerate of others. DISABILITY INFORMATION The Graham School of Professional Studies abides by the Americans with Disabilities Act (see http://www.ada.gov/pubs/adastatute08.htm), with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (see http://www.dol.gov/oasam/regs/statutes/sec504.htm), and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (see http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html) and will provide reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities covered by law. If you have a disability for which you may require accommodations, please contact Gregory Moorehead, Director of Student Disability Services, at 773.702.7776 or [email protected] in advance of the first class meeting. THE GRAHAM SCHOOL OF CONTINUING LIBERAL AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES ‐ UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO