Overview
Russian (Arts) : Rediscovering the Russian literary heritage, both traditional and avant-garde, after Stalin's death (1953). The Thaw, Soviet beatniks, Solzhenitsyn-style dissidents against cultural iconoclasts, the challenge and decline of perestroika, raising the literary Iron Curtain to include women writers, émigrés, Western influence and the angst of pluralism.
Terms: Winter 2010
Instructors: Beraha, Laura A (Winter)
- Winter
- Prerequisite: None, but some background in Russian 20C history is helpful
- Given in English