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Humanities
Author: David Goldfarb
Author / Instructor: Catharine Nepomnyashchy
Credits: 8
Main goals
- Reading literature and culture in its historical and political context
- Understanding the evolution of culture in the region from the Soviet period to today
- Understanding the effects of Soviet cultural imperialism in a comparative context
- Analyzing the effects of censorship on different forms of art
General topics
- Methods for humanistic study
- Soviet-era versus post-Soviet culture
- Censorship and dissidence
- Empire, nation, diaspora, and the global as structural principles of culture
Assignments
10 substantial posts of approximately 300 words each on the readings to the discussion board, regular participation in online discussion, and a final paper of about 2500-3000 words.
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