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Russian Culture through Cinema
<p>This course is for those who have a special interest in Soviet and Russian cinema and cultures. It offers an introduction to Russian culture through film from the 1950s up to the present. The
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This course is for those who have a special interest in Soviet and Russian cinema and cultures. It offers an introduction to Russian culture through film from the 1950s up to the present. The course covers a range of iconic films and places them in the context of profound political, historical, and cultural changes. While it is mainly focused on screen representations of Soviet/Russian cultures, it will also provide opportunity to examine the cinematic artistry of the discussed films. Class is primarily discussion-based. The course is held in English and no knowledge of Russian or background in Russian or Film studies is required.
DELIVERY MODE
- Face-to-Face
COURSE OUTLINE
A film screening and discussion of the following:
- Post-War Soviet cinema: M. Kalatozov’s The cranes are flying (1957)
- Post-War Soviet cinema: A. Tarkovsky’s The Steamroller and the Violin (1960)
- The master of Soviet film comedy: E. Ryazanov and Office Romance (1977)
- V. Menshov’s epoch-making romantic drama: Moscow does not believe in tears (1979)
- The 1990s’s Russia: P. Lungin’s Taxi Blues (1990)
- The trauma of the Russo-Chechen wars: Nikita Mikhalkov’s 12 (2008)
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Discover and analyse a series of iconic Soviet and Russian films from the 1950s up to the present;
- Develop a deep understanding of the social and cultural processes represented in selected films from the period studied;
- Develop an informed understanding of the place and role of Soviet and Russian cinema in world culture and cinema;
- Increase one’s knowledge of Soviet and Russian societies and develop a greater appreciation and understanding of the past and present of the Russian-speaking world.
