Cross-listed with ENG 256 . Examines works by Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn, Rasputin, Trifonov, and others. Screening of films from Eisenstein to current directors. Lectures, discussion, and readings in English. Cross-listed with FST 263 .
Discussion is in Russian.
All texts read are important original documents relating to the historical period under discussion. In-depth study of the history, politics, literature, art, and architecture of St. Petersburg. Taught in English. Appropriate for students who have taken one of the Russian Thematic Sequences or for those with a concentration in Russian literature, history, or politics. Visits to St. Petersburg sites that are important from the standpoint of Russian history, politics, literature, art, and architecture.