RUSS6767A-L21
Contem Russia in Mirror of Lit
Contemporary Russia in the Mirror of Literature
This course is dedicated to the study of the most politically relevant texts of contemporary post-Soviet literature. Students will read short works of Viktor Pelevin, Tatyana Tolstaya’s anti-utopian novel Kys, Pelevin’s latest sharply political novel Den’ oprichnika, and short works of the Russian-Israeli writer Dina Rubina. Students will analyze the political connotations of the texts and their polemical strategies. Our study of post-Soviet reality, as well as postmodernist techniques, contemporary language, neologisms, and slang could prove especially fascinating and useful to students.
This course is dedicated to the study of the most politically relevant texts of contemporary post-Soviet literature. Students will read short works of Viktor Pelevin, Tatyana Tolstaya’s anti-utopian novel Kys, Pelevin’s latest sharply political novel Den’ oprichnika, and short works of the Russian-Israeli writer Dina Rubina. Students will analyze the political connotations of the texts and their polemical strategies. Our study of post-Soviet reality, as well as postmodernist techniques, contemporary language, neologisms, and slang could prove especially fascinating and useful to students.
- Term:
- Summer 2021 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session
- Location:
- Online
- Schedule:
- 1:00pm-1:50pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Jun 28, 2021 to Aug 6, 2021)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Vera Proskurina
- Subject:
- Russian
- Department:
- Russian
- Division:
- Language School
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- Literature
- Levels:
- Non-degree, Graduate
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 60338
- Subject Code:
- RUSS
- Course Number:
- 6767
- Section Identifier:
- A