Middlebury

RUSS 6637

Soviet Cinematic Melodrama

This course begins by examining silent films of Imperial Russia, when the genre of melodrama flourished. We proceed to Soviet films of the 1950s and 60s, after which we then focus on the 1970s-80s, when melodrama reemerged as a genre again. Students will learn the genreā€™s formal and stylistic attributes, as well as its social and political issues of the epoch. This is accompanied by readings in film theory, criticism, and history
Subject:
Russian
Department:
Russian
Division:
Language School
Requirements Fulfilled:
Civ Cul & Soc
Equivalent Courses:

Sections

Summer 2019 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session

RUSS6637A-L19 Lecture (Rojavin)