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International Summer School for Nabokov Students August 4-12, 2003 On August 4-12, 2003, the Nabokov Museum in St. Petersburg will hold its fourth International Summer School for Nabokov students. It will be conducted at the Nabokov Museum located at 47 Bolshaya Morskaya Street in St. Petersburg, the place Vladimir Nabokov described as "the only house in the world." Teachers this year will be Prof. Julian Connolly and Prof. Alexander Dolinin. Julian W. Connolly is Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Virginia, where he specializes in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian literature. He is the author of Nabokov's Early Fiction: Patterns of Self and Other (1992), the editor of Nabokov and His Fiction: New Perspectives (1999) and Invitation to a Beheading: A Critical Companion (1997), and he has published over thirty articles on various aspects of Nabokov's work. He is also the author of The Intimate Stranger: Meetings with the Devil in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature (2001) and Ivan Bunin (1982). Course description Alexander Dolinin holds a PhD from Leningrad State University (1977) and is Professor of Russian Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he specializes in Nabokov, Pushkin, and poetics of 19th and 20th century Russian literature. He has written extensively on Nabokov in English and Russian and prepared annotated editions for Symposium collection of Nabokov's Russian writings. His writings on Nabokov include "The Caning of Modernist Profaners: Parody in Despair" (in Zembla) and "Doklady Vladimira Nabokov v berlinskom literaturnom kruzhke" (in Zvezda). For a list of Dolinin's other publications, see the website of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Course description The purpose of the Nabokov Summer School is to provide students from all over the world with the opportunity to study various aspects Vladimir Nabokov's art with internationally known Nabokov scholars. The atmosphere of the Nabokov House, which appears in many of Nabokov novels and is lovingly described in "Speak, Memory", turns these scholarly sessions into an unforgettable personal experience for both students and teachers. Language: English is the main language of the program. All classes and guided tours will be conducted in English. Tuition: Students are required to pay their own tuition, travel costs, and living expenses (food and lodging). The Nabokov 101 tuition cost is $400, which will cover participation in seminars, coffee-breaks, handouts, use of museum computers and Internet access at the Nabokov Museum, use of museum library. Grades and Certificates: After completing the program, the students will receive a Nabokov 101 Certificate and, if required, a personal letter of recommendation from the professor.
Time and Curriculum: Seminars will begin on August 4 (Monday) and continue through August 12 (Tuesday). There will be 8 days of seminars in all, with two 1 ½ hour seminars every day. In addition, guided tours of Nabokov sites and other literary points of interest in St. Petersburg, trips to museums and galleries, and other sightseeing activities will be offered every day. On Saturday, August 8, students and teachers will have a chance to go on a day-long guided tour to the Nabokov Estates in the Gatchina Region near St. Petersburg.
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Program Costs Private apartment or pension: $15-60 a dayHousing registration (applicable for private apartments and small hotels): $20 Lunches (optional): $3-8 a day Guided tours (optional): $5-30 per tour *Accomodation will be arranged by the Museum at the student's request.
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