HIS 2245 - Russia Through Film

Credits: 4
In this course students will use film as a source for the study of Russian and Soviet history and culture. They will see how movies as a mass medium saw the intersection of politics, ideology, art, and entertainment. The course will complement relevant readings with the viewing of film segments by major directors such as Sergei Eisenstein (1920s-40s) and Andrei Tarkovsky (1960s-80s). Students will analyze and discuss these films in relation to their broader political and cultural contexts. Major periods include the post-revolutionary decade of the 1920s, the Stalin and post-Stalin eras, the late 1980s period of reforms, and the post-Soviet 1990s.
McDaniel Plan: International