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4.00 Credits
The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 not only marked the end of a social(ist) experiment, but also closed a period in Russian cultural history. This course will look at the best (and a little of the worst) Russian fiction written during the Soviet period. We start with two novels describing the first decade of the new regime (‘Envy’ and ‘The Golden Calf’), read a Socialist Realist classic of the 1930s (‘How the Steel was Tempered’), sample literary tributes to Stalin, and discuss a manuscript that “would not burn” (Bulgakov’s ‘Master & Margarita’). Solzhenitsyn’s ‘One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich’ closes our discussion of the Stalinist period and marks a thaw in Russian culture that leads through Vasily Shukshin’s Siberian stories and Yury Trifonov’s Moscow prose in the sixties and seventies. The sensational debut of Tatyana Tolstaya’s short stories closes the Soviet period and anticipates the literary renewal of the immediate post-Soviet period. In English.
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0.00 Credits
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0.00 Credits
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0.00 Credits
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4.00 Credits
Continuing introduction to Russian grammar, phonetics, conversation. Emphasis on practical Russian language skills. Lectures combine drilling in Russian with presentations in English. Recitations are conducted primarily in Russian
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6.00 Credits
No course description available.
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4.00 Credits
In this expanded 4-credit version of the 2-credit "Russia Now" course, students will follow current events in Russia through print and electronic sources, and write two short essays and one longer research paper.
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2.00 Credits
Students will follow current events in Russia through the internet, newspapers, magazines, and other sources (including satellite broadcasts when available). Along with a general attention to current events, each student will follow a particular area of interest (e.g. national identity, the market economy, politics, health issues, crime, culture, foreign policy) throughout the term, do background work on this topic and write it up towards the end of the term. Students who read Russian will be encouraged to use available sources in that language. This course is designed to (1) familiarize students with the most important issues facing Russia today and the historical/political/cultural context in which to place them; (2) to acquaint students with a variety of resources from the US, Russia, and a number of other countries and the different perspectives these sources may give on one and the same issue. Two credit course. May be taken more than once for credit.
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4.00 Credits
Russian Civilization from its beginnings a thousand years ago to the present day. Each unit will cover historical and cultural background as well as literary texts. We will examine important national "myths" (narratives with a variable connection to the historical record) that govern the Russians' understanding of their history and culture, including: the Golden Age of Kiev, Moscow as the Third Rome, and the myths surrounding the city of Petersburg. We will analyze traditional tensions in Russian civilization which prevail today, such as those between: chaos and order, foreign influence and a strong national identity, innovation and tradition, and between radical skepticism and faith. Readings will include: Russian fairy tales and saints' lives, excerpts from the autobiography of the 17th century heretic Avvakum, tales by Pushkin and Gogol, one of Dostoevsky's most powerful and influential novels ("The Devils/Possessed"), and a wide range of materials from the twentieth century. In English.
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