Unit name | Introduction to Russian History and Culture |
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Unit code | RUSS10033 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Dr. Beumers |
Open unit status | Open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Russian |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit provides a chronological introduction to Russian history and culture from pre-Petrine times to the early post-Soviet period. Co-taught across both teaching blocks, the unit focuses on ten major historical periods or cultural developments, which will vary slightly from year to year according to the tutors involved, but are likely to include Orthodoxy in mediaeval Russia, Peter the Great, Romanticism in Russia, the Revolutionary period, Socialist Realism, the post-Stalin That and perestroika. Whole-group lectures in odd weeks are followed by split-group seminars in even weeks, allowing for focused discussion of a particular text, set of images, film extract or other cultural 'artefact' relating to the period. The unit includes study skills and library workshops.
Aims:
One hour lecture (whole group) in odd weeks followed by one hour seminar (split group) in even weeks. There will be one whole-afternoon workshop devoted to essay writing, and a library skills workshop run by the subject librarian.
Essay 1, 40%, Class test 1 10% , Essay 2, 40% Class test 2, 10%.