RUSS 311 - 20th Century Russian Literature and Politics

(3.00)

A study of the interaction of literature and politics in the Soviet Union, from the October revolution through Socialist realism, to dissident literature and glasnost. Authors include Blok, Zamiatin, Babel, Sholokhov, Bulgakov, Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn and Brodsky. Subjects for discussion include the place of the individual in a collective society, the role of the artist in a totalitarian state, propaganda, the manipulation of art for social control, and the power of literature to effect social and political change. Readings and discussion in English, although students may choose to read works in the original Russian. Recommended Preparation: 200 level literature course, a Russian language course or permission of the instructor.

Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Writing Intensive, Culture (GFR)
Same as Offered: MLL 371