Literature course format

[Paula Sapienza]

Dear SEELangers,

I would appreciate your comments on the format of a 19th c. Russian literature
survey course I've been asked to teach.  The school offers accelerated courses
equivalent to full semester classes but taught in seven-week sessions.  The class
would meet one evening/week for three hours and three Saturdays for 5 1/2
hours.  I have never taught a literature course with such a format and am concerned
that such "marathon" class periods would be exhausting and counterproductive
for the students, especially the Saturday sessions.  Have any of you had any
experience teaching under similar circumstances?  Is such a format workable?
Any advice or comments would be most welcome.  Please reply off-list.

Thank you,

Paula Sapienza
psapienza at fair1.fairfield.edu

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