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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.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
60338
Subject Code:
RUSS
Course Number:
6767
Section Identifier:
A

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RUSS 6767

All Sections in Summer 2021 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session

Summer 2021 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session

RUSS6767A-L21 Lecture (Proskurina)