-RU412-

Russian Culture and Civilization

20th Century

The aim of this course is to enhance your Russian language skills based on content drawn from topics in 20th century Russia. This is a student centered course. Each of you will make a significant contribution to the overall picture of Russia which emerges. The course is also multi-media based: we will draw not only on text and documents, but on photos, graphics, paintings, film and audio clips. By the end of the course you will have assembled collectively a hypertext vision of Russian Culture over the past ninety nine years

As a general guide Tuesday’s class will consist of five minute oral presentations in Russian (with accompanying typewritten text). You will also share your own weekly web page with links to writers, artists, composers, other cultural and historical figures of the decade. Films, audio clips and print materials will be examined. Each class will end with a brief look ahead at the next decade along with an identification of key people and events as a focus for the following week’s work.

for Tuesday, Feb 23 (1900-1910)
Research the first decade of the century in Russian history.
Identify the key two-three historical events. Prepare a list in Russian of those events and personages.
Prepare your computer to read and type Russian.
Learn how to make a simple web page with links.
Type a short speech on one of the defining events of the decade-making reference to important cultural figures or artifacts that help us to appreciate the event.
Do a web page (it may be in English) with text, graphics, audio and links appropriate to the "cultural history" you have identified. You will be expected to speak about those pages in Russian when you present them-but your remarks need not be typed.

for Tuesday, March 2 (1911-1920)

for Tuesday, March 9 (1921-1930)

for Tuesday, March 16 (1931-1940)

for Tuesday, March 30 (1941-1950)

for Tuesday, April 6 (1951-1960)

for Tuesday, April 13 (1961-1970)

for Tuesday, April 20 (1971-1980)

for Tuesday, April 27 (1981-1990)

for Tuesday, May 4 (1990-1999)

for Tuesday, May 11 (Summing up.)