Mar 28, 2024  
Course Catalog 2018-2019 
    
Course Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)

HIST 392 - Soviet History and Cinema: Art, Propaganda, and Politics, 1908-1949


Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WADV

Lenin famously declared cinema the `most important of all arts,’ and under the Bolsheviks, the medium developed into an effective tool of propaganda and a popular form of mass entertainment. This course uses film as a historical source to examine how cinema shaped the public image of the Soviet Union. Students will analyze films in terms of Communist ideology, the “woman question,” collectivization, socialist realism, the Stalin cult, Soviet nationality policy, and the Holocaust.

Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: C. Stolarski

Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with REES 392



Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)