RUSSIAN 410 - Topics in Russian Culture:The Art of Political Discourse

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Reed College

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Full course for one semester. All modern states and political movements, whether liberal-democratic or authoritarian, elitist or populist, agrarian or industrial, speak the language of mass persuasion. The seven decades that formed the lifespan of the Soviet state saw the aggressive development of forms of mass communication aimed at shaping and controlling public opinion, popular support, and nonoppositioin. This seminar studies a range of Soviet propaganda media, from Agitprop, worker poetry, labor novel, factography, to the labor camp "conversion" tale and the propaganda poster, with particular attention to didactic, tropes, and myths designed to insure social cohesion and promote participation in the life of the nation. We explore the theoretical bases of Soviet propaganda in political theory, Russian theology, Marxist-Leninist ideology, and Russian modernism. One component of the course focuses on researching and documenting the Cooley Gallery's archival collection of late USSR propaganda posters and preparing materials for exhibition. Conference. Students taking the course for Russian credit meet in extra sessions. Cross-listed as Literature 410. Not offered 2009-10.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.reed.edu

Phone Number:

(503) 771-1112

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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Semester

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