Performing Russian Culture: From Peter the Great to the Russian Revolution
RUSS 224
Spring 2022 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
REES 224, WLIT 257, RULE 224 |
This course offers a survey of Russian culture from 1700-1917 through the perspective of performance studies. Starting with the reign of Peter the Great and ending on the eve of the revolution, we read some of the seminal works of the Russian literary canon, including plays, poems, short stories, and novels. We also consider examples from visual and material culture: paintings, sculptures, and everyday objects. Alongside these primary sources, we discuss theoretical pieces from the field of performance studies in order to expose and reflect on the social and political mechanisms embedded in the shaping of various forms of "Russianness." The course will explore ever-relevant questions of belonging, display of power, and ideology, and ask how, why, and by whom cultural identities are contrived and performed. The course is conducted in English. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS REES |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (REES-MN)(REES-Lang/Lit/C) |
Major Readings:
Tentative Reading List (selection):
Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard
Dostoevsky, selected short stories
Fonvizin, The Minor
Gogol, Nevsky Prospekt
Lermontov, A Hero of Our Time
Lomonosov, selected poetry
Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
Tolstoy, The Cossacks
Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
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