Fourth-Year Russian: Russian Media and Popular Culture

Harvard FAS

This fourth-year advanced-level Russian language course emphasizes viewing/listening, reading, analysis, and discussion of authentic Russian materials from media, social media, and popular culture to better understand their impact on Russian society. Through working with documentaries, popular YouTube and Telegram channels, TV shows, video games, graphic novels, and memes among other materials, students will explore everyday life and attitudes in Russia from the early days of the Russian…