SLAV 525

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Problems in Slavic Literature

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Credit: 4 hours.

Selected subjects in Russian and Slavic prose, poetry, drama, and literary criticism. Topics vary.

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours.

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SLAV 525 class schedule data for fall 2014
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	63567	Lecture	100	2:00PM -5:00PM	M	215 Davenport Hall	Murav, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Meets with CWL 571, section 100. Topic: The concept of a unit of time has begun to falter and it is no accident that contemporary mathematics has advanced the principle of relativity." CWL 571 explores time, memory, and perception as these concepts were formulated in the early 20th century by literary authors, scientists, and theoreticians from Russia, Germany, France, and Britain. The writers to be examined include Henri Bergson, Sigmund Freud, Walter Benjamin, Virginia Woolf, David Bergelson, and Osip Mandelshtam. No knowledge of Russian required.
	38772	Lecture-Discussion	D	1:00PM -2:50PM	R	135 English Building	Kaganovsky, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: TOPIC: Soviet Literature After 1956. This course covers material from the second half of the 20th century, with emphasis on Soviet literature and culture after Stalin. Stalin?s death in 1953 marked a turning point for the Soviet Union: the revolutionary enthusiasm of the twenties was replaced by the terror of the thirties and the trauma of the Second World War. High Stalinism had brought with it a belief in the power of the State and the cult of its Leader, as well as a return to middle-class values as the possibility of prosperity seemed just around the corner and the bright future lay just ahead. The forties witnessed the near destruction of the country during the war and the aftermath of the purges, arrests, executions, and wartime devastation. At the same time, however, the Soviet Union emerged from the war a true Super-power, with atomic capabilities and a stranglehold on almost half of Europe (as well as a major influence in Asia, Africa, South America, and Cuba). This course starts with Nikita Khrushchev?s ?Secret Speech? at the 20th Party Congress in 1956 that began the process of de-Stalinization. The class will focus on the period 1956-2000, looking at the second half of the Soviet twentieth century. Throughout the course we will screen a number of films along with novels, short stories, and theoretical texts, which will provide a common base for thinking about late and post-Soviet culture.