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This course looks at the conditions of women in Russia today and then traces how these conditions have evolved during the past two centuries. It is an interdisciplinary course, combining literary studies with the relatively new field of Russian women's history. In both fields, students will address topics which historians and literary scholars have only recently addressed: traditional family structure of Russian peasants, 19th century gentry family structure, changes in women's roles and women's consciousness as a result of modernizing trends (urbanization, exposure to western cultures), women's liberation as an aspect of the Russian Revolution and Soviet society, modern Russian literature's focus on relations between men and women, the emergence of women authors (Tsvetaeva, Mandelshtam, and Akhmatova) as leading authorities of contemporary Russia.
COURSE FORMAT: Seminar
Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA RUSS Grading Mode: Student Option
Prerequisites: NONE
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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