RUSS350
Banned Books: Russian Literature and Censorship
German,Russ,Chinese & Arabic
College of Liberal Arts
Course Subject Code
RUSS
Course Number
350
Status
Inactive
Course Attributes
BHUM: GenEd-Breadth/Humanities, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, WRIT: GenEd-Writing Intensive, ENLW: Minor-Law/Jus/Society Elective, NLAW: Minor-Law, NWOR: Minor-World Literature
Course Short Title
Banned Books:Russ Lit & Censor
Course Long Title
Banned Books: Russian Literature and Censorship
Course Description
A history of the development of Russian literature from the 18th century to the present focusing on the relationship between individual writers and state control of the arts in the Imperial, Soviet and post-Soviet periods. Examines publishing and censorship practices and traces the various ways in which Russian writers managed to communicate with their readers despite state controls. Readings may include works by Radishchev, Pushkin, Turgenev, Dostoyevsky, and Soviet dissident writers. All readings in English translation.
Min
4
Repeatable
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Equivalent Course(s)
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