Russian Language and Literature 32 - Modern Russian Literature in Translation

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Dartmouth College

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09W, 10W: 10 This course examines the impact which the turbulent history of twentieth-century Russia had on literature and on writers struggling to defend their integrity. The century began with Russian Modernism, out of which came experimental masterpieces in all the arts. This movement was terminated in 1930 by Stalin, who imposed harsh controls under the aegis of Socialist Realism, which dominated the arts until Stalin's death in 1953. Since then, Russian writers have gradually liberated themselves from the demands of the censors to produce a literature as articulate and exciting as the great novels of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. Readings include such novels as Zamyatin' s We , Bulgakov ? The Master and Margarit a, Pasternak 's Doctor Zhiv ago and Solzhenitsy n's One Day in the Life of Ivan Deniso vich and literary artifacts of the contemporary counterculture (such as cyberpunk novels and rock-n-roll poetrTaught in English.* Open to all classes. Dist: LIT; WCult: W. Somoff.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.dartmouth.edu

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(603) 646-1110

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Quarter

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