ESCAPING UTOPIA: CULTURES AFTER COMMUNISM

Name: ESCAPING UTOPIA: CULTURES AFTER COMMUNISM
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SLAVIC 246

课程描述

The swift collapse of communist regimes across Central and Eastern Europe came as a surprise to both their opponents and political clients. How did culture mediate the experience of this political, social, and economic revolution? How does the experience of communism shape the historiography, identity, and vision(s) of the future of the affected nations? What is the condition of postcommunism? These are some of the questions we will be exploring as we examine Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, and South Slavic literature in translation and cinema from the decades following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

先修课程

None

满足要求

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

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完成率

83.33%

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A率

33.33%

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