At the beginning of the twenty-first century, we are ideally positioned to assess the revolutionary changes that swept over Russia during the last one hundred years and their impact on the country's literature. In this course, we will focus on the development of prose fiction in general, and the Russian novel in particular, in several historical periods, placing emphasis on the Russian revolutions at the beginning and end of the twentieth century and their reflection in the country's literature. Special attention will be paid to the pre-Revolutionary avant-garde, the rise and fall of Soviet literature, and the emergence of Postmodernism in Russia. Readings by Belyi, Bulgakov, Pasternak, Nabokov, Solzhenitsyn, and others. Knowledge of Russian is not required. All readings will be in English. Format: lecture/discussion. Requirements: active class participation, regular postings on the course's Blackboard web site, three short papers, and a final research paper. No prerequisites. Enrollment limit: 19 (expected: 15). This course is writing intensive.