MODL398-002: Russian Culture and Civilization Through Film
This course will introduce students to Russian culture and civilization through the medium of film. It offers a selection of films that reflect, respond to, and document cultural, social, political and ideological shifts, various historical transformations and developments of twentieth and twenty-first century Russia. Every film will be discussed and analyzed within sociopolitical and cultural context. This course is designed to acquaint students with major cultural periods including: the late Tsarist period, the October Revolution, Stalinism, Thaw, Stagnation, Perestroika and Glasnost, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the post-Soviet period. Russian is not prerequisite for this class as all the films are available with English subtitles.
Class meets in Burnett 231 on MW 1:30-2:45
PROFESSOR'S NAME: Olha Tytarenko