Studies in Literature and the Arts (487-0-21)
Instructors
Nina Gourianova
847/491-2937
1880 Campus Dr. #3365
Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:00-2:00pm and by appointment
Meeting Info
Kresge 3364 Slavic Seminar Rm: Thurs 3:00PM - 5:50PM
Overview of class
Word and Image in Russian avant-garde and beyond
This seminar will be focused on the ways Word and Image co-exist within Russian culture, from medieval icons and folk art, through early Avant-Garde, to contemporary graphic novels. We will look at the material in the context of major issues visual and literary Modernism and Avant-garde carries within: 'life-building' (zhiznetvorchestvo), and mythologization; search for new cultural, national, and personal identity; gender politics; new aesthetic ideology. Poetry and visual works by Bely, Khlebnikov, Kruchenykh, Malevich, Elena Guro et al. Critical and theoretical readings from Lessing's Laocoon to Michel's Foucault "This is Not a Pipe." Students will visit the Art Institute and have one of the sessions in NU's Rare Books library reading room to explore the original Futurist and Constructivist books and journals.
Registration Requirements
No language prerequisites
Learning Objectives
Acquired in-depth knowledge and understanding of Russian modernist and avant-garde literary and visual cultures in the global context, ability to argument and formulate your thesis, mastering comparative methodology and theoretical framework related to the material
Teaching Method
Seminar
Evaluation Method
Class participation, Presentations, Writing assignments
Final Assessment: Final Paper
Class Materials (Required)
Poetry and visual works by Bely, Khlebnikov, Kruchenykh, Malevich, Elena Guro et al. Critical and theoretical readings from Lessing's Laocoon to Michel's Foucault "This is Not a Pipe." Students will visit the Art Institute and have one of the sessions in NU's Rare Books library reading room to explore the original Futurist and Constructivist books and journals.