SLAV2180 · Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
In this interdisciplinary course, students will become familiar with sounds and images that represent Russia's contribution to world culture and Russians live by, such as symphonies by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich as well as paintings by Repin and Chagall. We will consider the artists' aesthetic convictions in the context of several important artistic movements (e.g., Romanticism, the Avant-Garde, and Socialist Realism). The class will take a trip to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and each student will design a final project, which can be creative or performative. Formal musical training and/or the ability to read music, while helpful, are not prerequisites for the course.
Course experience
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Organization
4.6 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.4 / 5
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Attendance
4.6 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.5 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~5
hours per week
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Spring 2024
1 sectionSpring 2022
1 sectionSpring 2020
1 section