SLAV 1790 - Eastern European Literature

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Brown University

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Description:

This course will examine the selected major works of East European literature, theatre, and film in the context of West European and Russian literatures, giving special attention to the Polish writer, Witold Gombrowicz and the Czech writer, Milan Kundera. The works included in this course will be analyzed, first of all, as artistic responses to the crisis of cultural identity inflicting the whole Europe of the twentieth century. Other included authors: Schulz, Babel, Broch, Witkacy, Platonov, Ungar, Leppin, Kantor, Kiš, Milosz. In English.

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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