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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Russian

126-254/354 Russian Literature and Society C

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd year, 16.7 3rd year

Prerequisite/s:

Normally Russian Literature & Society A or B.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

A 2-hour seminar

Objectives:

By the end of the subject, students should be able to demonstrate:

  • a thorough understanding of the cultural development of Russia and the Soviet Union to 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 to the surrounding community.

Content:

A study of Russian writing, centred on a core of novels, with background reading in literary theory, Soviet realism and the relationship between the society and its literature. No knowledge of Russian is necessary.

Assessment:

A 2-hour paper; a 4000-word essay or a 2500-word essay and a class paper.

Prescribed Texts:

Departmental Collated Handout.

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