<p>Lecture/screenings four hours; discussion, one hour. Focus on cinema and culture of 20th-century Russia and Soviet Union, from 1917 Russian Revolution and to 1997, shortly after collapse of USSR. Chronologically and thematically organized introduction to cinemas of USSR including films by Russian, Jewish, Ukrainian, Armenian, and Georgian directors, and by women as well as men. Study centers on representative films of the Soviet era, showing how images can be manipulated to serve an ideological agenda, and how the past (1917 Russian Revolution, World War II, Cold War, collapse of USSR) continues to shape our present. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Russian

College of Letters and Science

Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Languages and Cultures

General Education — Visual & Performance Arts Analysis & Practice (Arts & Humanities)

General Education — Literacy & Cultural Analysis (Arts & Humanities)

RUSSN 31 - Introduction to Russian and Soviet Film

Introduction to Russian and Soviet Film

Critically analyze films for form as well as content

Understand how the history of Russia and the USSR is constructed through films

Understand how the Soviet past shapes our present

Apply key theoretical concepts in film studies to Soviet cinema

General Catalog

Introduction to Russian and Soviet Film

RUSSN 31

5 units