This course will introduce students to some of the major works and authors of Russian prose, poetry, and drama of the twentieth century. We will pay particular attention to the intersections between literature and important historical events, such as the Russian Revolution, the rise of Stalinism, the waves of Russian emigration, and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Students will learn skills for closely reading and analyzing Russian texts in the original. Among the authors covered are Vladimir Nabokov, Ivan Bunin, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Evgeny Zamiatin, Anna Akhmatova, Daniil Kharms, Sergei Dovlatov and Liudmila Ulitskaia. Taught in Russian.