Scarsdale Adult School Catalog Fall/Winter 2024-25
Book Discussion: Ivan Goncharov's Oblomov (1859), a Superfluous Man
We all know "Oblomov" types — people who have great promises but who seem to never achieve anything, seldom leave their home, and never take concerted action. Ivan Goncharov's 1859 novel paints Oblomov as a "superfluous man," somebody who is paralyzed both by his own imperfection and those of an autocratic Russian society. In reading Marian Schwartz's Yale University Press translation, see how Goncharov foreshadows the achievements of his younger contemporaries, Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. NICHOLAS BIRNS (see bio for “Book Discussion: The Rainbow (1915) by D.H. Lawrence, a Modernist Family Saga”). 2 Sessions, starting Thursday, December 5 • 10:30am-12:00pm • Zoom • Course 12777 • $70
See Music Appreciation for Poetry of Joni Mitchell class description. See Health and Wellness for Book Discussion and Workshop: The Way of Integrity (2021) by Martha Beck class description.
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