Russian, Central, and Eastern European Studies 291 - Perspectives in 20th- Century Central and Eastern European Literature

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Grinnell College

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Also listed as General Literary Studies 291. This course examines and analyzes a number of 20th-century works in translation from several countries of Central and Eastern Europe (primarily, but not limited to the former-Yugoslavia, Poland, and the former-Czechoslovakia). Attention is devoted to how writers, artists, poets, and others attempt to understand and respond to major events and issues in specific countries, and in the region in general: war, genocide, revolution, totalitarianism, political repression, clashes of religion and culture, and quests for (self-)identity. Prerequisite: none. ARMSTRONG.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.grinnell.edu

Phone Number:

(641) 269-4000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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