UNIT THREE
EUROPE: RUSSIA
July 23 -25
| DATE | TOPIC | ASSIGNMENT |
| 7/9 | History: Jewish Presence in Russia; Russian Jewish Presence in the United States; Russian Jewish Fiction in the Diaspora; Literary Circle Assignments | Katsnelson, Anna, “Introduction to the New Wave of Russian Jewish American Culture”;
Sanderovich, Sasha, “Scenes of Encounter: The Soviet Jew in Fiction by Russian Jewish Writers in America” |
| 7/10 | Computer Lab: Video Interviews with the authors, Ellen Litman and Lara Vapnyar. (videos): Complete Literary Circle worksheets using the Computers. | Litman, Ellen, “The Russian Club”; Vapnyar, Lara, “There are Jews in My House”. |
| 7/11 | The Literary Circle Class Presentations and Q & A | Lewthwaite, Stephanie, “Immigration Forum: Critical Responses to Racism”
Shoaf, Jennifer, “the Right to a Haitian Name and a Dominican Nationality: “La Sentencia” and the Politics of Recognition and Belonging” |
