RU3046 Soviet Culture Under Stalin

Academic year

2023 to 2024 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

15

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Planned timetable

To be arranged.

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Module coordinator

Dr P S Kliuchnikova

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Module Staff

Dr Polina Kliuchnikova

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Module description

This module aims to explore Soviet culture of the Stalin period, as manifested in both official and unofficial literature and film. The primary questions addressed in this course are: What was Socialist Realism? How were culture and terror related in the Stalinist period? How did writers and filmmakers in the Stalinist period imagine the Soviet Union? How does looking at cultural production enhance our understanding of the Stalinist period as a whole? What frameworks do cultural historians and literary scholars use to understand how culture functioned under Stalin?

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

3-hour Examination = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

2x1-hour seminars per week, 11 module surgery hours