RUSS 411 - Singing the Russian Soul: Russian Poetry and Music

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Cinema Studies
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD

This course traces the major voices in Russian lyric poetry from the eighteenth century to the present. While engaging with the concepts of music, musicality, and the soul, we will explore the language of emotions and the creation of lyric subjectivity in Russian poetry. Discussions will focus on the musicality of poetry (versification, imagery, philosophy) and on the settings of Russian poems to music (romances, bard songs). The course entails a translation project. In Russian.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: P. Dimova
Prerequisites & Notes
RUSS 305 and 306 (or concurrent enrollment) or the equivalent.