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LITTRANS 361

LIVING AT THE END OF TIMES: CONTEMPORARY POLISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE

3 credits.

The collapse of communism and the posthumous triumph of the Solidarity movement started a new era in Polish culture. However, living in "posthistory" comes with its own set of problems. Examine contemporary Polish literature, film, and other cultural forms as they struggle with the country's turbulent past while trying to forge new collective identities for the future. How does culture mediate our relationship with the past? How does it help us understand the present and prepare for the future?

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Requisites: SLAVIC/LITTRANS 215 or SLAVIC 111 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. identify and define major themes, concepts, events, and ideas that shape Poland’s cultural history since 1989 Audience: Undergraduate 2. develop, compare, and effectively express ideas about various cultural texts and their underlying semantic structures Audience: Undergraduate 3. demonstrate an understanding of contemporary cultural, social, and political issues that shape collective identities in Poland and, more broadly, East-Central Europe Audience: Undergraduate 4. apply the concepts learned in classroom to select contemporary debates in Polish culture and society Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. identify and define major themes, concepts, events, and ideas that shape Poland’s cultural history since 1989 Audience: Undergraduate 2. develop, compare, and effectively express ideas about various cultural texts and their underlying semantic structures Audience: Undergraduate 3. demonstrate an understanding of contemporary cultural, social, and political issues that shape collective identities in Poland and, more broadly, East-Central Europe Audience: Undergraduate 4. apply the concepts learned in classroom to select contemporary debates in Polish culture and society Audience: Undergraduate

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