<p>Help me please with suggestions! I need to add to my schedule for spring term a literature based humanities course this comng week to meet liberal studies requirement, any recommendations?</p>
<p>RUT3110 Russian Literature in English Translation
The professor, Dr. Efimov, is really passionate about the subject and the reading list is fantastic (for fall 2010 we read Tales of Belkin, A Hero of Our Time, Crime and Punishment, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, One Day in the life of Ivan Denisovich, Queen of Spades, and Father Sergius). Also, the class is completely discussion based sans a few lectures, so a great choice if you enjoy that style of instruction. Moreover, you get to knock out a Y diversity credit as well.</p>
<p>Someone at the school mentioned to me that lit2020, which is the short stories one, is the easiest</p>
<p>Thanks for suggestions. Signed up for a Lit2020 Short Stories class today based on Southern Short Fiction. Not sure how easy it will be, the syllabus includes a lot of reading assignments, but the course looks like it will be interesting. There’s probably not much difference between Russian short stories and Southern short stories other than the Russians drank vodka and the Southerners drank bourbon and moonshine.</p>
<p>I’m offended lol</p>
<p>The Russian culture and mindset is complex and unique and has few readily apparent American parallels.</p>
<p>I think I could have blindfolded myself and thrown a dart at the list of available humanities/literature courses and done fine selecting a course. They are all interesting and I think would have learned in any of them; I just ended up with the particular Lit2020 because it fit my class schedule. Russians are unique and complex…just like every other culture. To understand other cultures better, I think it is important for one to understand their own culture first, so the Southern Short Fiction class might be a better choice for me.</p>