The Russian Revolution, Futurism, and Avant-Garde in the Arts
RUSS 242
Fall 2008 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
ARHA 239, REES 242 |
The main topics of this course are theories of leftist culture in Russia in the 1910-20s; futuristic events created by Vladimir Mayakovsky, David Burliuk, Mikhail Larionov, and others; poetry by Kruchonykh, Khlebnikov, Mayakovsky, and others; The Association of Real Art (OBERIU); ideas of "transreason" (ZAUM') or "transrational language" (ZAUMNYI IAZYK); futurist literary and artistic groups; avant-garde philosophy in the visual arts; suprematism and rayonism in painting (Malevich, Shkolnik, Filonov); futurist theater (VICTORY OVER THE SUN; VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY: A TRAGEDY); futurists after the socialist revolution; "Proletcult" group: theories of Bogdanov and Kerzhentsev; the theater of Vsevolod Meyerhold; theater constructivism and biomechanics; the theater of Igor Terentyev; the "Left Front of the Arts" and its journals; the formalist school of literature and arts studies; Trotsky as a theorist of futurism; the struggle of the Bolsheviks against the avant-garde and futurism. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA RUSS |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
John E. Bowlt ed. RUSSIAN ART OF THE AVANT-GARDE: THEORY AND CRITICISM 1902-1934
Anna Lawton and Herbert Eagle, RUSSIAN FUTURISM THROUGH ITS MANIFESTOES, 1912-1928
Michael Kirby, THE ART OF TIME: ESSAYS ON THE AVANT-GARDE
Vladimir Markov, RUSSIAN FUTURISM
Tony Richardson and Nikos Stangos, ed., CONCEPTS OF MODERN ART
Works by Khlebnikov, Mayakovsky, Vvedensky, and Kharms
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three short papers/presentations and final examination. |
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