RUSS 217 - Emerging Nations: Identity and Culture in Today’s Central Europe

1 HU New Course added 03/04/2007

Second semester, first module. This course begins with an overview of the region and considers interactions of society, language, and culture in these small European nations “whose existence,” as Milan Kundera has explained, “may be put in question at any moment.” The second half of the course examines current developments in the arts and culture of the newest of these nations, the Slovak Republic. Guest lecturers from Central Europe and North American specialists will examine the challenges the region currently faces.

Prerequisites & Notes
CR/NE Grading only.