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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.
Example task from the Humanities Module
Write an essay of 600-800 words comparing the portrayal of the leader in one Soviet and one East European work. While you may choose to compare the compulsory texts, The Successor and Repentance, with the permission of the instructor you may choose to use other texts, whether from the additional reading list or others. Your comparison should focus on how the works you discuss interpret the workings of the leader cult as a foundation of the socialist state. Please submit this essay through the assignment function of Blackboard.
Module abstract
Please find a reading example here: Humaniities.
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