16.7 2nd year, 16.7 3rd year Associate Professor J Armstrong. Normally Russian Literature & Society C. Second semester A 2-hour seminar. By the end of the subject, students should be able to demonstrate:

• a thorough understanding of the cultural development of Russia since the period of glasnost;
• the ability to form critical opinions regarding the significance and value of Russian texts in a national and global context, to discuss these in a scholarly way and to communicate their knowledge.

A study of Russian writing, since the period of glasnost, centred on a core of novels, with background reading in literary theory, and the relationship between the society and its literature, theatre, cinema and visual arts. No knowledge of Russian is necessary. A 2-hour paper; a 4000-word essay or a 2500-word essay and a class paper. V. Dudintsev White Clothing, D. Granin The Bison, A. Kabakov No Return, S. Kaledin The Humble Cemetery, Collated Handout 16.7 Associate Professor J Armstrong. Russian Literature & Society C. Second semester. A 2-hour seminar each week By the end of the subject, students should be able to demonstrate:

• a thorough understanding of the cultural development of Russia since the period of glasnost;
• the ability to form critical opinions regarding the significance and value of Russian texts in a national and global context, to discuss these in a scholarly way and to communicate their knowledge.

A study of Russian writing, since the period of glasnost, centred on a core of novels, with background reading in literary theory, and the relationship between the society and its literature, theatre, cinema and visual arts. No knowledge of Russian is necessary. A 2-hour paper; a 4000-word essay or a 2500-word essay and a class paper. Dudintsev V White Clothing. Granin D The Bison. Kabakov A No Return. Kaledin S The Humble Cemetery. Collated Handout