RUSSTAN ADVANCED COURSE A Short History of the Development of Russian Language and Literature November 1971 DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTERPREFACE The purpose of this volume is to acquaint the student with the historical development of the Russian language and literature. Samples of original works and lists of recommended readings are included and, in order to facilitate better understanding and appre- ciation of Russian literature, English translations of some of the original texts are also provided, iiChapter wawn TABLE OF CONTENTS ~ VI - 1X Centuries IX = XIII Centuries XIII - XVII Centuries XVIII Century Russian Literature of XIX = A M Ne FE. Le is A. Ss. Y. ve Maxim I. A Ne ve Ss. A. AY Ss. XX Centuries Pushkin Lermontov Gogol Dostoyevsky Tolstoy ‘Turgenev Chekhov Gorky Bunin Blok Gumilyov Mayakovsky Yesenin I, E, Babe1 ir B BR 14 26 36 42 a7 51 55 58 61 64 67 74 76 81 86 o1 94