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RUSS 413 — Russian Prose since the Thaw

Modern Languages · University of Ghana

This course will survey developments in Russian Literature since the death of Stalin, including the Thaw of the 1950s and 1960s, as well as the effects of perestroika and glasnost under Gorbachev in the 1980s. The emphasis will be on the rethinking of the role of literature in society in the context of the relaxation of political control and censorship. Novels by Solzhenitsyn, Voinovich, Rasputin and Grekova will be studied.

Credits
2
Level
Level 400
Semester
Semester One

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Course details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).