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109-120 Post-perestroika Russia: Transformations | |
Note | Students intending to enrol in this subject should begin reading the Dombrovsky and Rybakov texts before the start of semester. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr Millicent Vladiv-Glover |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Subject Description | Taught in English, this subject is an introduction to contemporary Russian culture, through films and literary texts, examined against the backdrop of the post-perestroika changes in the society of the New Russia and in a comparative (Western) perspective. The discussion of topics such as the contemporary reevaluation of Russian history and cultural heritage, and history as memory and archaeology, will be contrasted with the 'naive' representations of history as 'apologia' or as 'the end of history' in dystopia, and will draw on the theoretical discourses of psychoanalysis and poststructuralism. On conclusion of the subject students should have become acquainted with approaches to the study of cultural texts in the general context of postmodernity as it relates to the phenomenon of the New Russia; and be able to compare and contrast post-perestroika Russian culture with Western cultural models. |
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