RUSS 427. Russian Fin de Siècle.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Russian poetry, prose, drama, book design and the visual arts from the Silver Age to WWI, from Chekhov to Blok and Belyi. The crisis of realism, decadence, symbolism, and its waning traced through the eternal feminine, the devil, the city, poetry as pure creation, and millennial crisis. Not open to students who have taken or are taking RUSS 465.
- Course offered in English.
- Prerequisite(s): At least 2 courses (6 credits) in literature and/or cultural studies.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken RUSS 465.