RUSS350

Download as PDF

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

-

Course Restrictions

-

Equivalent Course(s)

-