RUSS 29904 - Topics in Advanced Russian: New Media

Course Credit: 1
Topics in Advanced Russian: The News Media This course builds upon extant linguistic knowledge of Russian while facilitating new avenues of critical inquiry into the major cultural modes of production of Russia. Students will learn how to develop arguments in Russian based on critical readings of contemporary media on national and international politics, sports, music and literature. By engaging with contemporary news media, students will lift the proverbial Iron Curtain and better understand the occasionally dichotomous relationship that holds between the Russian perception of America and the American perception of Russia. This course is open to students who have completed Russian 20200 or equivalent and to students with heritage knowledge of the Russian language. [AH, C]