Russian 214 - Russian and Soviet Cinema

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Colgate University

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Description:

M. Salazkina, Staff This interdisciplinary course introduces the history and theory of Russian cinema and features a selection of the most influential Russian and Soviet films of the 20th century. Beginning with the Great Silents (Evgenii Bauer, Sergei Eisenstein), the course explores constructivist montage and Socialist realism, concluding with the post-modern consciousness of Andrei Tarkovsky and Aleksandr Sokurov. Students screen one or two films each week and study them in depth. They discuss cinema in relation to literature, performance, and visual art, and learn how film language was developed. Films are discussed in a broad cultural, social, and aesthetic context, with a focus on the ways in which the images have been used as carriers of cultural value and ideological meaning. Emphasis is placed on such issues as art, propaganda, and the power of "spectacle" in contemporary society. All films have English subtitles. A FLAC section of the course may be offered for advanced Russian language students with a primary emphasis on the development of advanced language skills.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.colgate.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 228-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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