Nabokov 101
International
Summer School for Nabokov Students
August 4-12, 2003
GENERAL
INFORMATION
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 which is located at 47 Bolshaya Morskaya Street in St.Petersburg,
the place Vladimir Nabokov described as "the only house in the world". Our
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).
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.
Alexander Dolinin's publications on
Zembla
List of Alexander Dolinin's publications on the website of
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Alexander Dolinin's publications in
Zvezda magazine (in Russian)
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 (Tuesday) and
continue through August 12 (Wednesday). There will be 8 days of seminars
in all, with two 1,5 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.
The curriculum will include
lectures and seminars on various Nabokov subjects, with a strong emphasis
on applying modern methods of literary criticism to the study of Nabokov's
work. Close reading of Nabokov's novels and short stories, commented upon
by the teacher and students together, will be another important element of
the curriculum.
SCHEDULE
9:30-10:00
Students gather at the Nabokov Museum.
10:00-11:30 Prof.
Connolly's seminar.
11:30-12:00 Coffee-break
12:00-13:30 Prof.
Dolinin's seminar.
13:30-14:30 Lunch(optional)
14:30-18:00 Guided
tour (optional). Work at the library, homework, individual research.
PROGRAM COSTS
• Tuition $ 400
• Visa invitation
processing $35
• Accommodation in St.Petersburg *
Private
apartment or pension $15-60 a day
Hotel $60-100 a
day
• Housing 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.
APPLICATION AND PAYMENT
Students can apply by filling in the application form.
The payment
can be made in cash or in traveler's checks on student's arrival in
St.Petersburg. No advance payment is required but the students who cancel
their participation after the visa invitation has been issued for them
will have to reimburse the museum for its cost ($35).
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