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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, 茅migr茅s, Western influence and the angst of pluralism.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Parts, Lyudmila (Winter)
- Winter
- Prerequisite: None, but some background in Russian 20C history is helpful
- Given in English