Post-Soviet literature and culture
S M Vladiv-Glover
6 points * 3 hours per week * Second semester * Clayton
An introduction to contemporary cultural and social issues arising out of the end of the Soviet era and treating such topics as the cultural revivals among the nationalities of the former USSR, the role of women in society, the transition from repression to relaxation of controls, problems of the environment, and political pluralism. Texts will include fiction, history and public documents.
Assessment
Written (3500 words): 70% * Examination (1.5 hours): 30%
Prescribed texts
Aitmatov C The day lasts more than a hundred years Indiana UP, 1983
Chukhontsev O (ed.) Dissonant voices: The new Russian fiction Harvill/Harper-Collins, 1991
Tolstaya T On the golden porch Penguin, 1989
Tolstaya T Sleepwalker in a fog Vintage, 1993
Yerofeyev V Moscow circles Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative, 1981