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3.00 Credits
Exploration of Russian culture through literature, film, the media, and the arts from the era of "stagnation" to glasnost, perestroika, and the post-Soviet period. The destruction and reconstruction of cultural and political canons and myths: the Stalinist legacy and reevaluation of Soviet history; the revival of religion and nationalism; social dislocation: the problems of youth, the generation gap, and women's issues; the breaking of taboos and the dark side of freedom--violence, crime, pornography, and neofascism; the liberalization and commercialization of art. All readings and films are in English. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Humanities This course meets the following culture options: Russian Culture
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3.00 Credits
Appropriation of biblical motifs, characters, and themes for moral, political, and artistic purposes. Emphasis on the varying images of Jesus (teacher, sage, revolutionary) and the devil (tempter, teacher, Promethean); Genesis, Job, and the writer as spiritual visionary and prophet. Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Solzhenitsyn, Gogol, Zamiatin, Bulgakov, and others. Supplemented by selected readings from the Bible. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Humanities This course meets the following culture options: Russian Culture
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3.00 Credits
Survey of film classics by Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Vertov, Tarkovsky, and others, tracing the parallels between the history of film and the history of the new Soviet state and society. Lenin and film as propaganda; the experimental twenties; cinema verité (kinopravda); Socialist Realism; the Great Patriotic War; the "thaw"; 1960s to present: conservatives vs. liberals; unbanned films, and the new cinema of glasnost, perestroika, and post-Soviet Russia. Films with English subtitles. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Arts This course meets the following culture options: Russian Culture This course is offered during the following semesters: Spring Semester
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3.00 Credits
Courses on selected themes and authors given in English. Please see departmental website for specific details. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Arts - FALL 2007 & FALL 2008 ONLY - Film & Nation Humanities This course meets the World Civilization Requirement - FALL 2007 & FALL 2008 - Film & Nation This course meets the following culture options: Russian Culture This course is offered during the following semesters: Second Summer Semester
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3.00 Credits
Courses on selected themes and authors given in English. Please see departmental website for specific details. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Humanities This course meets the following culture options: Russian Culture
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3.00 Credits
Guided independent study of an approved topic. Variable credit. Please see departmental website for specific details. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Humanities This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester
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3.00 Credits
Guided independent study of an approved topic. Variable credit. Please see departmental website for specific details. Prerequisites Permission of instructor. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Humanities This course is offered during the following semesters: Spring Semester
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3.00 Credits
Fieldwork at a business, school, government, or community service location that involves substantial use of Russian language (150 hours, full credit; 75 hours, half credit). Weekly journal or project in Russian. Students must arrange faculty advising on campus and professional supervision at the site. May count for the major with prior permission. Please see departmental website for specific details. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Humanities This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester Spring Semester
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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as International Letters & Visual Studies 114). Comparative investigation of the dynamic literary-cultural response to dominant political forces and ideologies in Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union, primarily Nazism, Communism and Nationalism. Focus on the writer as political voice and public conscience. Material from, but not limited to, Russian, Polish, Czech and Bosnian contexts, primarily in genres of satire and absurdism. Seminar format. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Humanities This course meets the following culture options: Russian Culture
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3.00 Credits
Examination of Stalinism as a cultural phenomenon in the Soviet Union through an array of primary sources: fiction, diaries, memoirs, art, film, mass media, letters, and party documents. Key issues include the cult of Stalin, the purges and terror, everyday life, and the state of the arts. Emphasis on how the system modeled itself to increase appeal, reach, and power; and the diverse responses of the people. Special attention devoted to the expression of ideology in culture and the lived experience of the average person. Seminar Format. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Humanities This course meets the following culture options: Russian Culture This course is offered during the following semesters: Spring Semester
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