Soviet Socialist Realism: Making the World Anew

This upper level undergraduate survey course introduces students to highly contextualized socio-literary phenomenon commonly known as Soviet Socialist Realism. The course covers Socialist Realism from its nascent beginnings at the turn of the twentieth century in the work of Maxim Gorky through its official adoption in the 1930s up to the end of the Second World War. Taught in English; some readings in Russian for qualified students.