PL30099: Modern Russian culture
[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 33%, ES 67% |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
Students who complete the unit successfully will:
* have read and understood some of the major works of modern Russian literature; * have a clear grasp of Russian literary politics from 1917 to the beginning of the new millenium; * have improved their ability to produce oral and written presentations on Russian literature and society. |
| Aims: | To introduce students to some major trends in modern and contemporary Russian culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries set in their historical and socio-political context.
Learning Outcomes:
Students who complete the unit successfully will:
* be introduced to the most significant works of modern Russian literature, cinema, theatre, and music; * have a clear grasp of political connotation of modern Russian literature, cinema, theatre and music; * have improved their ability to produce oral and written presentations reviewing the works of Russian culture. |
| Skills: | Skills in critical analysis, conceptual thinking, precision in the use of written and spoken language, exercise of independent judgement, reasoned argument and the planning/conduct/reporting of non-quantitative research are developed and assessed in this unit. The unit is designed to practice and develop language skills applied to the analysis of modern Russian culture. |
| Content: | Among the cultural trends studied in the module are the following:
- Russian dystopia and visions of the future;
- Russian psychedelic cartoons;
- Women's voices in Russian popular culture;
- Soviet music underground, Russki rok, and contemporary music of protest;
- Radical art and actionism in Soviet and post-Soviet Russian culture;
- Russian theatre in the 21st century;
- Russian TV series: between entertainment and social critique;
And others.
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| Course availability: |
PL30099 is Optional on the following courses:Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
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