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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Verkholantsev. Prerequisite(s): RUSS 361 or equivalent competence. This course is intended for students who have spoken Russian at home and seek to improve their capabilities in formal and professional uses of the Russian language. A study of classic Russian literature in the original. Readings will consist of some of the greatest works of 19th and 20th-century authors, such as Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Bulgakov. Students will examine various forms and genres of literature, learn basic techniques of literary criticism, and explore the way literature is translated into film and other media. An additional focus of the course will be on examining the uses and interpretations of classic literature and elitist culture in contemporary Russian society. Observing the interplay of the "high" and "low" in Russian cultural tradition, students will develop methodology of cultural analysis.
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Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Bourlatskaya. This course is intended for students who have spoken Russian at home and seek to improve their capabilities in formal and professional uses of the Russian language. It offers an introduction to contemporary Russian society, its historical background and its present political and economic structure. The course will focus on the political, economic and sociological developments in Russia from Perestroika (late 1980s) to Putin. The course will discuss the society's changing values, older and younger generations, political parties and movements, elections, the business community and its relations with the government, common perceptions of Westerners and Western society, and the role of women in the family and at work. Emphasis will be placed on the examination, interpretation and explanation of peoples behavior and their perception of democracy and reforms, facilitating comparison of Western and Russian social experience. Classes will be conducted entirely in Russian. This advanced Russian-language course is intended primarily for students who have spoken Russian at home and who have gained competency in written Russian.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Korshunova. Prerequisite(s): Russian 360 or at least five years of Russian formal schooling, or consent of the instructor. This course is intended for students who have spoken Russian at home and seek to improve their capabilities in formal and professional uses of the Russian language. In this course we will undertake a fascinating journey to the Dreamland of Russian culture. Students will read and discuss Russian utopian imagination as presented in a variety of literary texts, paintings, musical works, films, as well as philosophical texts and economic theories. Topics for discussion will include Russian fairy tales and legends, religious prophesies and communist projects, history and imagination, technological and patriarchal utopias.
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3.00 Credits
History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Rawat. This course broadly surveys various ideas about what constitutes "India" from the earliest period of record to the contemporary period. A straightforward chronology walks us through significant articulations of "India" throughout history as we seek to understand India in terms of geography, culture, religion, society, nationalism and globalization. This survey is situated amid debates about the Indus Valley civilization: the "Golden" ages of the Guptas and Ashoka; Mughal India; devotionalism and region; the legacy of Shivaji; colonial formulations of India as part of the "Orient" and a "Jewel in the Crown"; the "Two-Nations" theory; the competing visions of Gandhi, Nehru, and Jinnah; Hindu Right nationalism; the Cold War and non-alliance; and the embrace of India as part of a global economic and cultural community. This is an entry-level survey course in Indian culture and hence there are no prerequisites.
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3.00 Credits
Society Sector. All classes. Mitchell. This course surveys important themes and methods in the study of South Asia by focusing on one or more South Asian cities, such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Lahore, Lucknow, Banaras, Kathmandu, Lhasa, Dhaka, etc. Topics to becovered include urban planning, globalization, trade, labor, development, artistic production, politics, cultural exchange, and so on. Students draw literary and scholarly studies, investigating films, memoirs, ethnographies, histories, and other sources to understand the life of one or more major metropolitan centers.
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3.00 Credits
History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Ludden. This introductory survey course traces the major contours of cultural and political history in South Asia from ancient times to the present, focusing particularly on the formation of regional systems and on the transformation of human environments across the ancient, medieval, early-modern, and modern epochs. The goal of the course is to enable students to appreciate very long-term history and to locate within it particular places and times.
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3.00 Credits
Arts & Letters Sector. All Classes. Miner. This course is a survey of selected traditions of theater, music, and dance in India and surrounding regions. Topics include ritual practices, theater, classical dance, classical music, devotional music, regional genres, and contemporary popular musics. Readings and lectures are supplemented by audio and visual materials and live performances. The aim of the course is to expose students to a variety of performance practices from this part of the world and to situate the performing arts in their social and cultural contexts. The course has no prerequisites.
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3.00 Credits
Arts & Letters Sector. All Classes. Staff. Premodern India produced some of the world's greatest myths and stories: tales of gods, goddesses, heroes, princesses, kings and lovers that continue to capture the imaginations of millions of readers and hearers. In this course, we will look closely at some of these stories especially as found in Purana-s, great compendia composed in Sanskrit, including the chief stories of the central gods of Hinduism: Visnu, Siva, and the Goddess. We will also consider the relationship between these texts and the earlier myths of the Vedas and the Indian Epics, the diversity of the narrative and mythic materials within and across different texts, and the re-imagining of these stories in India's vernacular languages as well as in the modern world. and fears. The settlers of the Indus Valley civilization believed in divine powers and the Aryans in the Vedic times believed in presiding deities of natural phenomena.As a result, thousands of stories have been generated to convey the supernatural powers and the Aryans in the Vedic times believed in presiding deities of natural phenomena. As a result, thousands of stories have been generatedto convey the supernatural powers and/or divinity of these entities.Different gods and goddess in various forms have dominated different regions of India and different eras. For ages, these traditional legends,which were later codified in the Puranas have beenhanded down to successive generations.The evidence also exists that new legendary accounts are added to the stockpile every now and then.These mythological accounts range from local to pan-community levels and despite the regional variation within them an underlying unity of thought exists. On one hand, Hindu faith contributes to the creation of these stories and on the the narration or the reading of these stories reinforces religious beliefs people at the popular level in all ages. Interestingly, these stories travel with Hindus during their migration to distant lands and get simplified through successive generations of the diaspora. and have formed the basis of many recent Indian movies. Summer Program: Interestingly, these stories travel with Hindus during their migration distant lands and get simplified through successive generations of the diasporaMost of the Hindu myths are living legends and have formed the basis of many recent Indian movies. The course will present a critical discussion of these stories and their sources. Students will see digital illustrations of these divinities.l watch relevant Hindi movies with subtitles in English, and visit Hindu temples and social events to see these divinities and their devotees in real life.
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3.00 Credits
Viswanath.R. What makes India INDIA Religion and Philosophy Architectural splendor Kingdoms Caste The position of women This course will introduce students to India by studying a range of social and cultural institutions that have historically assumed to be definitive India.Through primary tects, novels and historical sociological analysis, we will ask how these institutions have been reproduced and transformed, and assess as well their significance for contemporary indian society.
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3.00 Credits
Behl. Freshman Seminar. Historically, India has held a prominent yet paradoxical place in the Western imagination - as a land of ancient glories, a land of spiritual profundity, a land of poverty, social injustice and unreason. In this course, we examine these and other images of India as presented in European and American fiction, travel literature, news reportage, and film. We will consider the power and resonance of these images, how they have served Western interests, and how they may have affected Indian self-understanding.
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