- GENERAL COURSE OBJECTIVE
The course is designed to acquaint students with major developments in Russian cinema from pre-revolutionary silent films to the recent cinematographic works during the period of glasnost and beyond.
- DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT MATTER
The course is designed to acquaint students with major developments in Russian cinema from pre-revolutionary silent films to the recent cinematographic works during the period of glasnost and beyond.
- METHOD OF INSTRUCTION AND STUDY
Lectures with a profuse use of film clips and slides. Textbook reading. Discussions. Two short papers. Midterm and final examinations.
In addition, the students will be required to watch Russian films outside the class.
- INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SOURCES
N. Zorkaya, Soviet Cinema.
A. Tarkovsky, Sculpting in Time
Selections of theoretical writings on cinema by Russian film-makers.
A. Lowton, Kinoglasnost.
