Middlebury

RUSS 6617

Satirical Discourse 1920s/30s

Satirical Discourse of Soviet Prose 1920s-30s
A paradoxical factor in early Soviet culture (1920-1930s) was the flourishing of “smekhevaya kultura” amid the difficulties and poverty of the first years of the new political system. Students will get acquainted with the best examples of satirical prose: humorous stories of M. Zoshchenko; fantastical satire of M. Bulgakov; grotesque novels of D. Kharms, N. Teffi, I. Ilf and E. Petrov; the tragic grotesque in the works of A. Platonov.
Subject:
Russian
Department:
Russian
Division:
Language School
Requirements Fulfilled:
Literature

Sections in Summer 2006, LS 6 Week Session

Summer 2006, LS 6 Week Session

RUSS6617A-L06 Lecture (Troufanova)